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Jefferson County, West Virginia

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that helped shape the county’s and nation’s history!

 

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Jefferson County Museum

4 days ago

Jefferson County Museum
Think we're the Best Museum in West Virginia? There's still one week left to nominate us for WV Living Magazine's 2024 competition. Vote for us every day until July 30!wvliving.com/best-of-west-virginia-2024/#// ... See MoreSee Less

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Jefferson County Museum

2 weeks ago

Jefferson County Museum
On this day in 1901 (also a Thursday!) you could get your ticket at Charles Washington Hall to see scenes from the Spanish American War and other "pictures" on "Edison's Marvelous Projectoscope." Projectoscopes were an early form of motion picture technology with which sequential images were moved in front of a light source at a high speed. This broadside, one of the newest additions to our collection, is advertising scenes ranging from benign to very violent, but children could attend for just 10 cents!#OTD #tbt ... See MoreSee Less

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