Search Results
- IDNO:
- 044464
- Title:
- Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1909
- Description:
- Copyright by National Tribune. See postcard for historical information on Harpers Ferry. (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)
- IDNO:
- 044468
- Title:
- Street Scene in Charlestown, During Trial of John Brown, Showing Jail and Court House
- Date:
- 1908
- Description:
- Published by W. L. Erwin. (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)
- IDNO:
- 044469
- Title:
- Capture of John Brown by U. S. Marines at Harpers Ferry, October 18, 1859
- Date:
- 1908
- Description:
- Published by W. L. Erwin. (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)
- IDNO:
- 044623
- Title:
- View of Harper's Ferry, Jefferson County, Va.
- Description:
- Armory Engine House and John Brown's Fort seen in background. Army tents pitched in the foreground. Photograph was taken during the Civil War.
- IDNO:
- 044784
- Title:
- Knodes House; Shepherdstown, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1910
- IDNO:
- 044949
- Title:
- Chimney Trail on Loudoun Heights, Harper's Ferry, W. Va.
- Description:
- 85 feet high. (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)
- IDNO:
- 044959
- Title:
- Looking Up the Shenandoah River From Camp Hill, Harper's Ferry, W. Va.
- Description:
- (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)
- IDNO:
- 044962
- Title:
- Where Two Rivers and Three States Meet, Harper's Ferry, W. Va.
- Description:
- Caption on back of postcard reads: "One of the most picturesque spots in this locality is Harper's Ferry, often termed the "Switzerland of America". Steep wooded mountains surround the town, and the waters of the Potomac and the Shenandoah Rivers divide Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia at this point. Historically important because it was the scene of John Brown's Raid, which did much to precipitate the Civil War." Published by John Myerly Company. (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)
- IDNO:
- 045683
- Title:
- Niagara Movement Leaders at Storer College, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1906-08-15
- Description:
- Seated is W.E.B. Du Bois. Standing, from left to right, is J. R. Clifford, L. M. Hershaw, and F. H. M. Murray.
- IDNO:
- 046781
- Title:
- Collodion Glass Plate Negative of Illustration of Residence of James Rumsey, Inventor of Steamboat, Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, W. Va.
- Date:
- Undated
- Description:
- From a drawing made by Henry Howe in 1843.
- IDNO:
- 046793
- Title:
- Illustrated Scene of People Celebrating James Rumsey's Successful Trial of the First Steamboat in the World, Shepherdstown, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1787/12/03
- Description:
- James Rumsey was the inventor of the first steamboat.
- IDNO:
- 047537
- Title:
- Library at Shepherd State Teacher's College, Shepherdstown, W. Va.
- Date:
- Undated
