Search Results
- 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:
- 046782
- Title:
- Collodion Glass Plate Negative of an Illustrated and Unidentified Man, Likely from Eastern Panhandle of W. Va.
- Date:
- Undated
- IDNO:
- 046783
- Title:
- Farm Home on Eastern Panhandle of W. Va.
- Date:
- Undated
- IDNO:
- 046784
- Title:
- Woman Leaning Against Fence Alongside Road, Somewhere in Eastern Panhandle of W. Va.
- Date:
- Undated
- IDNO:
- 046785
- Title:
- Rumsey's Mill Stone of 1782, Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, W. Va.
- Date:
- Undated
- IDNO:
- 046786
- Title:
- Rumsey's Mill Stone of 1782, Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, W. Va.
- Date:
- Undated
- Description:
- "James Rumsey was the great originator of practical steam navigation. This buhr stone in bath square, Berkeley Springs, is, as yet, the only memorial to the world's great benefactor. Copyright by John Moray 1909."
- IDNO:
- 046787
- Title:
- Illustrated Portrait of James Rumsey, Inventor of First Steamboat
- Date:
- Undated
- IDNO:
- 046788
- Title:
- Two Women Chat on Front Porch of Marble Hall, Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, W. Va.
- Date:
- Undated
- Description:
- Owned at one time by Mrs. William Baker, Marble Hall was a large, private home built before the Civil War and located on Washington Street.
- IDNO:
- 046789
- Title:
- Man Stands Under Tree Grove Near Building, Berkeley Springs, W. Va.
- Date:
- Undated
- IDNO:
- 046790
- Title:
- Illustration of Butt-on-Rock Pond, Sleepy Creek, W. Va.
- Date:
- Undated
- Description:
- "On this pond, James Rumsey began those experiments which resulted in the first steam boat."
- IDNO:
- 046791
- Title:
- Illustrated Portrait of a Seated Moses Hoge
- Date:
- ca. 1805
- Description:
- Moses Hoge served as President of Hampden-Sydney College, near Farmville, Va. from 1807-1820.
- IDNO:
- 046792
- Title:
- Illustrated Portrait of DeWitt Clinton
- Date:
- Undated
- Description:
- DeWitt served as Governor of New York from 1817-1822. While serving as Governor, he was largely responsible for the construction of the Erie Canal.