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This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role in the timber industry of Tucker County during the 1800s, and later prospered in the region as farmers, business owners, and prominent members of the Canaan Valley community.

13. River Boats in Cumberland, Md.

IDNO:
050601
Title:
River Boats in Cumberland, Md.
Date:
ca. 1880-1930
Description:
This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role in the timber industry of Tucker County during the 1800s, and later prospered in the region as farmers, business owners, and prominent members of the Canaan Valley community.
This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role in the timber industry of Tucker COunty during the 1800s, and later prospered in the region as farmers, business owners, and prominent members of the Canaan Valley community.The image shows two men working on a canal boat in Cumberland, Md.

14. Canal Boat in Cumberland, Md.

IDNO:
050603
Title:
Canal Boat in Cumberland, Md.
Date:
ca. 1880-1930
Description:
This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role in the timber industry of Tucker COunty during the 1800s, and later prospered in the region as farmers, business owners, and prominent members of the Canaan Valley community.The image shows two men working on a canal boat in Cumberland, Md.
This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role in the timber industry of Tucker County during the 1800s, and later prospered in the region as farmers, business owners, and prominent members of the Canaan Valley community.The image shows canal boats and a train in the background.

15. C & O Canal, Cumberland, MD

IDNO:
050604
Title:
C & O Canal, Cumberland, MD
Date:
ca. 1880-1930
Description:
This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role in the timber industry of Tucker County during the 1800s, and later prospered in the region as farmers, business owners, and prominent members of the Canaan Valley community.The image shows canal boats and a train in the background.
This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role in the timber industry of Tucker County during the 1800s, and later prospered in the region as farmers, business owners, and prominent members of the Canaan Valley community.

16. Canal Boat, Cumberland, Md.

IDNO:
050605
Title:
Canal Boat, Cumberland, Md.
Date:
ca. 1880-1930
Description:
This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role in the timber industry of Tucker County during the 1800s, and later prospered in the region as farmers, business owners, and prominent members of the Canaan Valley community.
This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role in the timber industry of Tucker County during the 1800s, and later prospered in the region as farmers, business owners, and prominent members of the Canaan Valley community.Scenic view of the Potomac River and Wills Creek in Cumberland, Maryland.

17. View of Potomac River and Wills Creek, Cumberland, Md.

IDNO:
050629
Title:
View of Potomac River and Wills Creek, Cumberland, Md.
Date:
ca. 1880-1930
Description:
This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role in the timber industry of Tucker County during the 1800s, and later prospered in the region as farmers, business owners, and prominent members of the Canaan Valley community.Scenic view of the Potomac River and Wills Creek in Cumberland, Maryland.
Maryland, the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal and a reconstructed Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bridge on the Potomac River as viewed from the Harpers Ferry cemetery. Note the head stones in the foreground and the smoke stack of the burned out United States Armory below. The photograph was taken during the Civil War.

18. Maryland Heights Across Potomac River at Harpers Ferry, Va, (W. Va.)

IDNO:
039081
Title:
Maryland Heights Across Potomac River at Harpers Ferry, Va, (W. Va.)
Date:
ca. 1862
Description:
Maryland, the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal and a reconstructed Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bridge on the Potomac River as viewed from the Harpers Ferry cemetery. Note the head stones in the foreground and the smoke stack of the burned out United States Armory below. The photograph was taken during the Civil War.
Engraving of Harpers Ferry, W. Va. Junction of the rivers Shenandoah and Potomac.

19. Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

IDNO:
006545
Title:
Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1856
Description:
Engraving of Harpers Ferry, W. Va. Junction of the rivers Shenandoah and Potomac.
Onlookers survey the damage of flooding on the banks of the Potomac River.

20. 1924 Potomac River Flood

IDNO:
053594
Title:
1924 Potomac River Flood
Date:
1924
Description:
Onlookers survey the damage of flooding on the banks of the Potomac River.
Colored postcard photograph. See back of the original image for correspondence.

21. Sunset on the Potomac East of Cumberland, Md

IDNO:
039649
Title:
Sunset on the Potomac East of Cumberland, Md
Date:
1912/11/14
Description:
Colored postcard photograph. See back of the original image for correspondence.
Showing Three States, W. Va., Va., and Md.

22. Looking Down the Potomac at Harper's Ferry, W. Va.

IDNO:
029197
Title:
Looking Down the Potomac at Harper's Ferry, W. Va.
Date:
1909/03/13
Description:
Showing Three States, W. Va., Va., and Md.
Ice jams are shown accumulating at the bottom of the falls.

23. Winter Scene at Dam No. 4 on Potomac River

IDNO:
037897
Title:
Winter Scene at Dam No. 4 on Potomac River
Date:
1893
Description:
Ice jams are shown accumulating at the bottom of the falls.
Three unidentified men wearing derbies and suits; carrying guns and dead animals, at the bottom of snow-covered cliffs.

24. 'On the Cliffs of the Potomac'

IDNO:
037899
Title:
'On the Cliffs of the Potomac'
Date:
1893
Description:
Three unidentified men wearing derbies and suits; carrying guns and dead animals, at the bottom of snow-covered cliffs.