These 12 vintage photos of West Virginia will certainly take you back! I have always loved looking at old photos, especially the ones that my Nana has kept all these years.

I especially love the postcards, I think that they just look so amazing!

1) Somewhere along US Route 52, Mail Pouch Tobacco.
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While this photo may not be vintage, this advertisement certainly is. The Bloch Brothers of Wheeling, WV, was a tobacco company that was very popular for their some 20,000 advertisements on the sides of barns.
2) Old school transportation in Wheeling, West Virginia, sometime in the early 1900s.
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3) Pictured below is Alex Schoenbaum, the founder of Shoney's.
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The Shoney's pictured above is the original Shoney's, which was located in Charleston. This photo is from sometime in the 1970s.
4) The B&O staff Christmas Party at the Greenbrier Resort in 1962.
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5) The North Parlor in the Greenbrier Resort on a postcard, taken sometime in the 1960s.
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6) A postcard from Wheeling, West Virginia.
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This one just screams vintage! I love the old look of this postcard.

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7) A horse and buggy, taken somewhere in Glenwood, West Virginia.
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8) A milkman making his delivery somewhere in Huntington, West Virginia.
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9) An old photo of the basketball team for Chester High School, located in Hancock County.
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Chester High School was useduntil Oak Glen High School opened in 1962.
10) A vintage style motel sign in Charles Town, West Virginia.
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11) A vintage 7 UP sign somewhere in West Virginia.
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I love this retro look!
12) A vintage Betholine Sinclair sign photographed in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia.
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Do you have any vintage photos taken in West Virginia? Comment them below!

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