Search Results
- IDNO:
- 042600
- Title:
- Mordington; Charles Town, W. Va.
- Description:
- Caption on back of postcard reads: "The colonial home of Charles Washington, a brother of George Washington, and founder of Charles Town. He built the wings of the present house and called it "Happy Retreat." In 1833 Judge Douglass completed the center part, modeling it after "Mordington," the Douglass ancestral home in Scotland." Published by Nichols, Drug Store. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 042601
- Title:
- Charles Town High School; Charles Town, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1945
- Description:
- See original for correspondence. Published by Artvue Post Card Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 042602
- Title:
- Public School Building; Charles Town, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1916
- Description:
- See original for correspondence. Published by Gilbert Post Card Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 042603
- Title:
- Stephenson Seminary; Charles Town, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1911
- Description:
- See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 042604
- Title:
- The Jefferson Hotel; Charlestown, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1913
- Description:
- See original for correspondence. Published by Expressly for the Williamsport Paper Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 042605
- Title:
- Looking From Bolivar Heights Over Bolivar and Camp Hill; Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1906
- Description:
- (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 042606
- Title:
- Ruins of Hall's Rifle Works; Harper's Ferry, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1908
- Description:
- Burned by the Confederates in 1861. See original for correspondence. Published by W.L. Erwin. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 042607
- Title:
- Looking Up the Potomac River From Maryland Heights; Harper's Ferry, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1906
- Description:
- (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 042608
- Title:
- Looking Down the Shenandoah River; Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
- Description:
- (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 042609
- Title:
- Locust Hill; Charles Town, W. Va.
- Description:
- Caption on back of postcard reads: "In 1864, "Locus Hill" was the center of a fierce battle between the Confederates under Early and the Federals under Sheridan. The house was riddled with bullets. Now a private residence, "Locust Hill" records the results of this battle because the bullets may still be seen in a wall of the house." (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 042610
- Title:
- Harewood; Charles Town, W. Va.
- Description:
- Caption on back of postcard reads: "Built by George Washington for his brother, Samuel, who moved here about 1770. Here Louis Philippe, later King of France, and his two brothers lived in exile. In this house Dolly Payne Todd was married to James Madison, afterward President of the United States." Published by Nichols' Drug Store. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 042611
- Title:
- Harewood; Charles Town, W. Va.
- Description:
- Caption on back of postcard reads: "Home of Samuel Washington, George Washington's oldest full brother." Published by Virginia Book Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
