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37. Twelve Year Old Margaret Cook Acts Her Song As She Sings For Wheeling Steel's Nation-Wide Family and Friends

IDNO:
048668
Title:
Twelve Year Old Margaret Cook Acts Her Song As She Sings For Wheeling Steel's Nation-Wide Family and Friends
Date:
Undated
Ed Kostillo from the pipe mills of the Benwood Works started playing his harmonica to entertain his fellow mill men during lunch hour. Later he won a headliner appearance on the family broadcast with the entire steelmakers orchestra accompanying him.

38. Ed Kostillo Playing Harmonica for Fellow Mill Men, Benwood, W. Va.

IDNO:
048670
Title:
Ed Kostillo Playing Harmonica for Fellow Mill Men, Benwood, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
Description:
Ed Kostillo from the pipe mills of the Benwood Works started playing his harmonica to entertain his fellow mill men during lunch hour. Later he won a headliner appearance on the family broadcast with the entire steelmakers orchestra accompanying him.
Caption accompanying photograph reads: "Bud Dicarlo's father is a steelmaker from the Benwood Works and Bud worked hard on his accordion solo to please his dad and Wheeling Steel's Nation Wide Family."

39. Bud Dicarlo Warming Up on Accordion With Wheeling Steelmakers Band

IDNO:
048674
Title:
Bud Dicarlo Warming Up on Accordion With Wheeling Steelmakers Band
Date:
Undated
Description:
Caption accompanying photograph reads: "Bud Dicarlo's father is a steelmaker from the Benwood Works and Bud worked hard on his accordion solo to please his dad and Wheeling Steel's Nation Wide Family."
Rozelda with father, Oral Meador, holding instruments.

40. Rozelda Meador with Her Father at River Ridge near Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
048712
Title:
Rozelda Meador with Her Father at River Ridge near Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
1938
Description:
Rozelda with father, Oral Meador, holding instruments.
Caption accompanying photograph reads: "Shown seated at the piano during a rehearsal of the "Musical Steelmakers", heard Sundays on the Blue network at 5:30 pm, e.w.t., is Margaret June Evans, eldest member of the three Evans Sisters, vocal trio heard during each broadcast of the program. Miss Evans, whose father has worked for the sponsoring company as a steel roller for 29 years, was recently crowned "Miss West Va." by Carl C. Wayman, Commander of the nation's first American Legion Post, located in Wheeling."

41. Margaret June Evans, Performer on 'It's Wheeling Steel', Seated at Piano

IDNO:
048774
Title:
Margaret June Evans, Performer on 'It's Wheeling Steel', Seated at Piano
Date:
Undated
Description:
Caption accompanying photograph reads: "Shown seated at the piano during a rehearsal of the "Musical Steelmakers", heard Sundays on the Blue network at 5:30 pm, e.w.t., is Margaret June Evans, eldest member of the three Evans Sisters, vocal trio heard during each broadcast of the program. Miss Evans, whose father has worked for the sponsoring company as a steel roller for 29 years, was recently crowned "Miss West Va." by Carl C. Wayman, Commander of the nation's first American Legion Post, located in Wheeling."
The Steel Sisters were a singing quartet that were famous on the "It's Wheeling Steel" radio broadcast.

42. Steel Sisters Messing Around With Musical Steelmakers Instruments

IDNO:
048788
Title:
Steel Sisters Messing Around With Musical Steelmakers Instruments
Date:
Undated
Description:
The Steel Sisters were a singing quartet that were famous on the "It's Wheeling Steel" radio broadcast.
Caption accompanying photograph reads: "They may be network radio stars (heard with the "Musical Steelmakers" each Sunday on the Blue network at 5:30 pm, e.w.t.), but to Mom Evans they are also three mighty good dishwasher who must do their job before going to the broadcast. From left to right are: Janet Jean, Betty Jane, and Margaret June, the singing Evans Sisters."

43. The Evans Sisters Washing Dishes Before 'It's Wheeling Steel' Radio Broadcast

IDNO:
048790
Title:
The Evans Sisters Washing Dishes Before 'It's Wheeling Steel' Radio Broadcast
Date:
Undated
Description:
Caption accompanying photograph reads: "They may be network radio stars (heard with the "Musical Steelmakers" each Sunday on the Blue network at 5:30 pm, e.w.t.), but to Mom Evans they are also three mighty good dishwasher who must do their job before going to the broadcast. From left to right are: Janet Jean, Betty Jane, and Margaret June, the singing Evans Sisters."
Pictured from left to right is Mr. Lilly, Mason Lilly, Fred Mize, and Charles Wood. The young men pose with their string instruments in front of an automobile.

44. "Beckley Serenaders" Outside of Pinecrest Sanitarium, Beckley, W. Va.

IDNO:
049534
Title:
"Beckley Serenaders" Outside of Pinecrest Sanitarium, Beckley, W. Va.
Date:
1938
Description:
Pictured from left to right is Mr. Lilly, Mason Lilly, Fred Mize, and Charles Wood. The young men pose with their string instruments in front of an automobile.
Charles Wood (left), Mason Lilly (middle) and Roscoe Keadle (right) are pictured walking home from their performance at Indian Mills School.

45. Musicians Outside of Professor Keadle's Home, Located at the Mouth of Buffalo Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
049537
Title:
Musicians Outside of Professor Keadle's Home, Located at the Mouth of Buffalo Creek, W. Va.
Date:
1935
Description:
Charles Wood (left), Mason Lilly (middle) and Roscoe Keadle (right) are pictured walking home from their performance at Indian Mills School.
Redman (1900-1964) was a prominent jazz musician, arranger, band leader, and composer. Born in Piedmont, West Virginia, he graduated from Storer College in Harpers Ferry, W. Va. in 1920, and he also graduated from the Boston Conservatory. Redman became a member of the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame in 2009.

46. Don Redman, Storer College Alumnus

IDNO:
049771
Title:
Don Redman, Storer College Alumnus
Description:
Redman (1900-1964) was a prominent jazz musician, arranger, band leader, and composer. Born in Piedmont, West Virginia, he graduated from Storer College in Harpers Ferry, W. Va. in 1920, and he also graduated from the Boston Conservatory. Redman became a member of the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame in 2009.
Established in 1938, the Madrigal Singers of Clarksburg have been performing for more than 75 years. During the 1940's through the 1970's, Bill James directed the group. E.W. "Bill" James wrote "My Home Among the Hills" for the West Virginia Centennial among other musical compositions. The madrigal group performs some recent music, but primarily sings music dating from the English Renaissance while wearing period clothing.

47. Madrigal Singers of Clarksburg 50th Anniversary Celebration, July 8-9-10, 1988

IDNO:
049869
Title:
Madrigal Singers of Clarksburg 50th Anniversary Celebration, July 8-9-10, 1988
Date:
1988/07/08
Description:
Established in 1938, the Madrigal Singers of Clarksburg have been performing for more than 75 years. During the 1940's through the 1970's, Bill James directed the group. E.W. "Bill" James wrote "My Home Among the Hills" for the West Virginia Centennial among other musical compositions. The madrigal group performs some recent music, but primarily sings music dating from the English Renaissance while wearing period clothing.
Established in 1938, the Madrigal Singers of Clarksburg have been performing for more than 75 years. During the 1940's through the 1970's, Bill James directed the group. E.W. "Bill" James wrote "My Home Among the Hills" for the West Virginia Centennial among other musical compositions. The madrigal group performs some recent music, but primarily sings music dating from the English Renaissance while wearing period clothing.

48. Dickerson Crook, member of the Madrigal Singers of Clarksburg

IDNO:
049873
Title:
Dickerson Crook, member of the Madrigal Singers of Clarksburg
Date:
undated
Description:
Established in 1938, the Madrigal Singers of Clarksburg have been performing for more than 75 years. During the 1940's through the 1970's, Bill James directed the group. E.W. "Bill" James wrote "My Home Among the Hills" for the West Virginia Centennial among other musical compositions. The madrigal group performs some recent music, but primarily sings music dating from the English Renaissance while wearing period clothing.