50s & 60s Photos

These photos are mostly from the 50s & 60's
The era's represented here may also represent other era's.  

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Charleston Schools Mercer School Train
A few old elementry schools Mercer School The Elk School Train

Currey's Bicycle Shop

A&W Root Beer

Barlows Skating Rink

Currey's Bicycle Shop A&W Root Beer Barlows

Leonoros

Gold Dome Drive In

Bullit Street

Leonoros Gold Dome Drive In
 Joe Fazios & Bullit St
 Mount Vernon Milk
Patrick Street
Charleston National Bank
Mount Vernon Dairy
Patrick St Farmers Market Quarrier St  Breaks Through

Coonskin Park

Smith Street

Charleston Beer Joints

Operation Coonskin Smith Street Beer Joints

Shrewsbury St

Fleetwood Hotel

Charleston High School

Shrewsbury St Fleetwood Hotel Area Charleston High School
Bob Phillips Drive In

Trail Drive In

Sissonville Wv
Bob Phillips Drive In The Trail Drive In Slip Hill Sissonville Rd
West Side Aerial Photos A Few Old Hospitals
Charleston WV
West Side Aerial Photos A Few Old Hospitals Town Center Mall area
Orchard  Manor
Court St
Magazine Hollow Flood 1961
The Manors The Triangle District
Magazine Hollow Flood 1961



North Charleston Piedmont Road

El Rancho

North Charleston Piedmont Road El Rancho, Dick Reid, Buddy Starcher & Sleepy Jeffers
Kelly Axe-True Temper Patrick Street Bridge 1964 Truslow Street  1952
Kelly Axe-True Temper Patrick Street Bridge 1964 & 1930 Truslow Street  1952



Minotti-Gilmore House Charleston WV Charlestons Crime Of The Century
Minotti-Gilmore House Sentz Street Charlestons Crime Of The Century
Kanawha Valley Dragstrip How I Survived The Crash The Interstate
Kanawha Valley Dragstrip How I Survived The Crash The Interstate Path



The Chrysler Turbine The Braxton County Monster Some 60s cars
Charleston's Chrysler Turbine The Braxton County Monster
featuring Hugh McPherson
Some 60s Sports cars



St Albans Summers St
Laidly St
St Albans Misc Photos
Laidly Street



Burger Boy Foodorama Valley Motor Sales
Frontier Drive In
Burger Boy Food-O-Rama Valley Motor Sales Frontier Drive In



Midget Racer Dutch Ridge Ellis Market
Local Midget Racers The Camping Trip Ellis Market on Main St



Stonewall Jackson Capitol Restaurant Tip Top
Stonewall Jackson High School The Capitol Restaurant Collapse Wynns & Tip Top Drive In



Kanawha City Coke Magic Island
Misc Photos of Kanawha City Rummels Coca Cola Magic Island



Shoneys

Murderer’s  Baptism Hodos
Shoneys contest of the century Murderer’s Baptism on Sugar Creek HODO'S Drive In



The Greystone Ariel Square Four Heart O Town
The Greystone
The Ariel Square Four Heart O Town Motor Inn



Leo
The Leo Photos
Hecks
Heck's Discount
Jean Carson
Charleston's Jean Carson



Silver Bridge bank
Boiarsky's
The Silver Bridge Tragedy The Bank - Hotel Blocks
North Capitol Street



Christmas in the 50s Fazio Murder 3rd dor
Christmas In The 50's The Horrible Fazio Murder The 3rd Door



Big Star Carl Agsten Douglas Barrel
Big Star Supermarket The Amazing Agsten Photos The Douglas Barrel Co.



todelinn Greens Feed Carbide
The Tod-El-Inn Greens Feed & Seed The Carbide Invention



CFD
Buried Alive Parkins Motors
Charleston Fire Dept.
Buried Alive in the 60s. Parkin's Studebaker



Rollyson Volkswagen Guthrie Radar Station
Chuck Yeager
Rollyson Volkswagen The Guthrie Radar Station
The Great Chuck Yeager





Husky's Dairy Bar

Husky's Dairy Bar



Ice Pick Surgery
The Lobotomist in WV





Minstrel

Area Minstrel Shows




Manson
Manson - Charleston History







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