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![Fort building stands in a field where two children are playing in the foreground. Inscription with the image, 'The present site of John Brown's Fort as it now stands in a field overlooking the Shenandoah River, in [West] Virginia, a few miles from where it originally stood at Harper's Ferry. It was placed here at the request of Kate Field, of Washington after it was exhibited at the World's Fair in Chicago.'](/thumb/006601.jpg "John Brown's Fort on Murphy's Farm, Bolivar Heights, W. Va.")
- IDNO:
- 006601
- Title:
- John Brown's Fort on Murphy's Farm, Bolivar Heights, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1900
- Description:
- Fort building stands in a field where two children are playing in the foreground. Inscription with the image, 'The present site of John Brown's Fort as it now stands in a field overlooking the Shenandoah River, in [West] Virginia, a few miles from where it originally stood at Harper's Ferry. It was placed here at the request of Kate Field, of Washington after it was exhibited at the World's Fair in Chicago.'
- IDNO:
- 006602
- Title:
- John Brown's Fort at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1909
- Description:
- John Brown's Fort was used to store fertilizer in 1909.
- IDNO:
- 006603
- Title:
- John Brown's Fort at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- 'In 1859 John Brown, Kansas Abolitionist, and a part of followers seized this little engine house which was at the time serving as a government arsenal at Harpers Ferry, W. Va. The fort was dismantled in 1892 and shipped to the Columbian Exposition at Chicago, Ill. It was later returned to Harpers Ferry, where it is now being used as a museum on the campus of Storer College. This picture is an opposite side view of John Brown's Fort.' After this description was written and Storer College closed, the fort was moved back to the lower town near its original site.
- IDNO:
- 006604
- Title:
- John Brown's Fort at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- 'In 1859 John Brown, Kansas Abolitionist, and a part of followers seized this little engine house which was at the time serving as a government arsenal at Harpers Ferry, W. Va. The fort was dismanteled in 1892 and shipped to the Columbian Exposition at Chicago, Ill. It was laterreturned to Harpers Ferry, where it is now being used as a museum on the compus of Storer College. This picture is an opposite side view of John Brown's Fort.' 'From the West Virginia Industrial and Publicity Commission, State Capitol, Charleston 5, W. Va.'
- IDNO:
- 006605
- Title:
- Harpers Ferry, W. Va. During the Civil War
- Date:
- ca. 1860-1865
- Description:
- 'Hall's Rifle Works on Shenandoah.'
- IDNO:
- 006606
- Title:
- Harpers Ferry, W. Va. From the Potomac Side
- Description:
- Family on a hill overlooking Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
- IDNO:
- 006607
- Title:
- Downtown Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
- Description:
- Hotel Conner is on the left side of the picture. Site of John Brown's Fort is on the right.
- IDNO:
- 006608
- Title:
- Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
- Description:
- Buildings and railroad tracks in Harpers Ferry.
- IDNO:
- 006609
- Title:
- Painting of the Island Virginius, in the Shenandoah, at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
- IDNO:
- 006610
- Title:
- Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
- Description:
- Color lithograph of people on a hillside overlooking Harpers Ferry, W. Va. 'Drawn after Nature. For the Proprietor Hermann J. Meyer.
- IDNO:
- 006611
- Title:
- Federal Troop Train at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1865
- Description:
- A Winchester and Potomac Railroad train carrying Federal Troops passes through Virginius Island at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The shell of the Abraham Herr Mill, burned by Confederate soldiers in 1861, can be seen in the center of the photograph.
- IDNO:
- 006612
- Title:
- Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1856
- Description:
- Engraving of a group of people standing on a hill overlooking Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
