WV-150 Sesquicentennial Exhibit

The WV-150 Sesquicentennial Exhibit celebrates our statehood from 1860 to the present with an eclectic collection of West Virginia artifacts and art.
Many of the suggestions for what to showcase in the exhibit came from West Virginians who offered suggestions throughout last year.

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1920

Model 1893 Lever Action Caliber 30-30 Rifle, Savage Arms Company, Used by Jim Vance Jr. at the Battle of Blair Mountain	Ammunition from the Battle of Blair Mountain	Clear Food Color Glass Bottle, Owens Bottle Company, Charleston	Clear Medicine Glass Bottle, Owens Bottle Company, Charleston
Atwater-Kent Radio, Philadelphia	Miner’s Lunch Bucket	Masthead Light from USS West Virginia	16-inch Tampion for a Main Battery Cannon on the USS West Virginia
Mosaic Inlaid Fan Vase, Fenton Art Glass Company, Williamstown	Union Carbide, Calcium Carbide Can		Threaded Diamond Optic Vase, Blenko Glass Company, Milton
Wheeling Symphony Baton Presented to Governor Joe Manchin		Governor’s Mansion Mirror

1930

Colortone Postcard of the South Charleston Mound	Terror of the Tug Play Script	Mountain State Forest Festival Model A Matchbox Truck	Civilian Conservation Corps Uniform Patch
Civilian Conservation Corps Uniform Patch	Civilian Conservation Corps Belt Buckle	Civilian Conservation Corps Pillow that Belonged to Ralph Matz, Company 1522, Clifftop	Porcelain Souvenir Cup from the Capitol
Brochure for the 5th Annual Mountain State Forest Festival, Elkins	Collage and Acrylic, Songs of the Ancients, Grace Martin Taylor	Ink Drawing, Figure Group, Grace Martin Taylor	1932 State Capitol Clock

1860 | 1870 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010