Search Results
- IDNO:
- 006589
- Title:
- Monument and Historic Tablets on the Site of John Brown's Fort at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
- IDNO:
- 006590
- Title:
- Monument and Historic Tablets on the Site of John Brown's Fort at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1926/06
- Description:
- A woman reads the historic markers next to a monument to John Brown's Fort in Harpers Ferry, W. Va. 'Muriel V. Self."
- IDNO:
- 006591
- Title:
- Harpers Ferry, Va. Before 1861
- Date:
- ca. 1860
- Description:
- Unidentified man stands on a railroad track with the Potomac River behind him, 'Armory building on original site to left'.
- IDNO:
- 006592
- Title:
- Drawing Room at Harewood Mansion near Charles Town, W. Va.
- Description:
- 'The handsome porphyry mantel was a present sent to General George Washington by General Lafayette from France. The portrait over the mantelpiece is that of Colonel Samuel Washington. In this drawing room in 1794 Dolly Payne Todd became the wife of James Madison, later President of the United States.'
- IDNO:
- 006593
- Title:
- Beall Air, near Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
- Description:
- 'The home of Colonel Lewis Washington, great-great nephew of General George Washington. During John Brown's raid in 1859, Colonel Washington was taken from Beall Air as a Hostage.'
- IDNO:
- 006594
- Title:
- Harewood, Near Charles Town, W. Va.
- Description:
- 'The home of Colonel Samuel Washington, brother of General George Washington. Built by George Washington for his brother Samuel about the year 1765. Here Samuel Washington entertained Louis Phillippe, later King of France, and General Lafayette.'
- IDNO:
- 006595
- Title:
- Aerial View of Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
- Description:
- View of the town as well as two bridges.
- IDNO:
- 006596
- Title:
- John Brown's Fort at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1890
- Description:
- Close up view of John Brown's Fort at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
- IDNO:
- 006597
- Title:
- Engraving of Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
- Description:
- An engraving of Harpers Ferry from the Potomac side.
- IDNO:
- 006598
- Title:
- John Brown's Fort at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- 'The present site of John Brown's Fort as it now stands in a field overlooking the Shenandoah River in Va., a few miles from where it originally stood at Harpers Ferry. It was placed here at the suggestion of Kate Field of Washington, after it had been exhibited at the Worlds Fair in Chicago.' See West Virginia Collection Pamphlet 7514 for more information.
- IDNO:
- 006599
- Title:
- John Brown's Fort at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
- Description:
- 'A postcard view of the Fire Engine House used as fort by John Brown, Harpers Ferry; No objection to reproducing or publishing this picture provided credit line 'Photo by U.S. Army Signal Corps' appears on the photograph or page. Permission must be obtained from the War Department if it is desired for use in commerical advertising.'
- IDNO:
- 006600
- Title:
- Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1914/06
- Description:
- Aerial view of Harpers Ferry in Jefferson County, West Virginia.
