Gallery: Early 1900s with The Herald-Dispatch

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The Advertiser staff stands outside of its office in this undated photo.

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The Advertiser staff stands outside of its office in this undated photo.

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The Herald-Dispatch and Huntington Advertiser staff pose for a photo with members of the Chesapeake and Potomac Pipeline Co. The photo was taken sometime between 1922 and 1926.

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The Herald-Dispatch buliding at 946 5th Ave., is seen in this 1954 file photo. The building was expanded in 1956 and 1974.

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The Fifth Avenue Baptist Church moves from 5th Avenue and 10th Street to its new location at 1135 5th Ave. The Huntington Advertiser purchased the church, tore it down and built the current structure that stands today.

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Pictured is the Huntington Advertiser newsroom in 1925.

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The Advertiser newsroom, date unknown.

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The Advertiser newsroom, date unknown.

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Pictured is a copy of the 70th anniversary edition of The Huntington Advertiser from 1927.

Courtesy of Eleanor Gothard Kidd Oakley and Anna Gothard visit an Open House at The Herald-Dispatch in 1939 with their children, baby Arthur Kirt Gothard and toddler Jefferson Mitchell Gothard. "I can remember my dad coming home from work one evening and asked if we would like to go to the newspaper office," says daughter Eleanor Gothard Kidd. "My baby brother at that time was about two weeks old. As we went in, they took the names of everyone, and when asked for the baby's name, my mom went blank and couldn't think of it and turned to my dad and asked, 'Oakley, what is this baby's name?' After our tour of the building, they took a picture of my parents together with the baby and another little brother. The next day's paper had an article that said 'Couple wait to name child at desk,' or something to that effect."

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Col. Long moved The Advertiser's home to the 900 block of 4th Avenue in 1900, where the Keith-Albee Perfoming Arts Center stands today. This photo, taken about 1920, shows the front of The Advertiser's building next to the old Florentine Hotel. Four years later, the newspaper was moved for the last time — to 946 5th Ave.

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Floyd S. Chapman, mayor of Huntington for a number of terms, became reporter and city editor for the Advertiser shortly after Col. Long acquired it in the early 1900s. He resigned to take charge of the news department of the Herald. In 1904 he launched a new newspaper called the Huntington Dispatch.

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The Herald and The Dispatch merged to become The Herald-Dispatch. The first issue was published Jan. 17, 1909.

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Page four of the first Herald-Dispatch -- Jan. 17, 1909.

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The former Herald-Dispatch building at 914 5th Ave. is being constructed in this photo from the early 1920s.

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In the early 1920s, The Herald-Dispatch built a building at 914 5th Ave. Staff members were not in the building long, before they were merged with The Advertiser into the building at 946 5th Ave. in 1927. The building at 914 5th Ave. has "The Herald-Dispatch" inscribed at the top, but today is home to Farrell, Farrell and Farrell law offices.

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Construction of The Herald-Dispatch building at 914 5th Ave., before its merger with the Advertiser at 946 5th Ave., in the 1920s

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A crowd gathers outside The Herald-Dispatch on 4th Avenue to watch a baseball series on Oct. 5, 1921.

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A group of people pose for a photo in the lobby of The Herald-Dispatch, located at 946 5th Ave., on Dec. 24, 1938. The three girls in front are, from left, Loretta Scaggs, Lois Scaggs Dotson and Ruth Scaggs Riley. They are children of William "Bill" and Marie Scaggs. Bill was circulation manager for The Herald-Dispatch.