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- IDNO:
- 042590
- Title:
- Jail; Charlestown, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1909
- Description:
- Caption on back of postcard reads: "Charlestown is the county seat of Jefferson County, West Virginia (then Virginia), and on the Shenandoah Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio, about 10 miles southwest of Harper's Ferry. In 1859 it had a population of less than 1,500, about one third of whom were colored. It is surrounded by a fertile and beautiful country. The jail in which John Brown was confined and from which he was taken to execution has been rebuilt and modernized." Published by National Tribune. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 042591
- Title:
- The Carter House, An Old Landmark Now Gone; Charles Town, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1922
- Description:
- See original for correspondence. Published by C.N. Beard. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 042592
- Title:
- Farmers and Merchants Deposit Co.'s Bank; Charles Town, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1910
- Description:
- See original for correspondence. Published by C.W. Taylor. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 042593
- Title:
- Ruins of St. George's Chapel; Near Charles Town, W. Va.
- Description:
- Erected in 1765. Place of worship of the Washington Family. Published by Williamsport Paper Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 042594
- Title:
- Ruins of St. George Chapel; Charles Town, W. Va.
- Description:
- Caption on back of postcard reads: "St. George's Chapel was the first church erected West of the Blue Ridge Mountains. No record has ever been found of the exact date of its erection, owing to the fact that it was part of Norborne Parish, England. The original furnishings were brought from England. The roof of sheet lead was used for bullets during the Civil War." Published by Nichols Drug Store. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 042595
- Title:
- The Inn; Charles Town, W. Va.
- Description:
- Caption on postcard reads: "The Inn is located in historic Charles Town in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley on the National Highway, two hours from Washington and Baltimore." Published by I & M Ottenheimer. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 042596
- Title:
- Post Office; Charles Town, W. Va.
- Description:
- Published by Nichols & Stuck, Pharmacists. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 042597
- Title:
- St. Peter's Catholic Church; Harper's Ferry, W. Va.
- Description:
- Caption on back of postcard reads: "Built 1831 - Remodeled 1896. Used as Hospital during Civil War. Has been in continuous use since its dedication." (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 042598
- Title:
- John Brown's Fort; Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1908
- Description:
- See original for correspondence. Published by W.E. Dittmeyer. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 042599
- Title:
- St. John's Episcopal Church Ruins; Harper's Ferry, W. Va.
- Description:
- Caption on back of postcard reads: "Old Church ruins at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, used by soldier to hide their horses during Civil War." (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- 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.)
