Search Results
- IDNO:
- 042617
- Title:
- Gap View Farm; Charles Town, W. Va.
- Description:
- Caption on back of postcard reads: "House is three-fourths stone, both inside and outside walls mostly two feet deep. Three chimneys, fireplaces in all rooms except one bedroom. Automatic heat, oil, General Electric furnace. Small frame section Select Cypress. Window sills, etc., choice oak, almost two hundred years old and perfect. Very old house, modernized in every detail such as floor plugs, insulation, etc." (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 042618
- Title:
- Cedar Lawn; Jefferson Co., W. Va.
- Description:
- Caption on back of postcard reads: "Cedar Lawn, near Charles Town, West Virginia, was built in 1825 by John T.A. Washington. The property stands on land once owned by George Washington." (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 042619
- Title:
- Gap View Farm, Charles Town, W. Va.
- Description:
- Caption on back of post card reads: "Main house built prior to the American Revolutionary War. John Baker, Sr. and his wife, Judith Wood Baker lived in this house during the Revolution. After the Revolution John Baker, Sr., a famous Tory, who stuck to his guns for George the Third, returned to England and latter James L. Ranson, became the owner of this place which has always been known as "Gap View." On July 14, 1869 it was sold by James L. Ranson to Charles H. Aglionby for $45,150.30." (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 042620
- Title:
- Gap View Farm; Charles Town, W. Va.
- Description:
- Caption on back of postcard reads: "Going stock farm. Gentleman's home 232.5 acres. Sixty miles from Washington on main highway, adjacent to Virginia's fox hunting country. Fertile farm land in extremely high state of cultivation. 35 acres Alfalfa in its second year. Excellent Blue Grass with electrically operated watering troughs and beautiful grove of oaks to provide shade. Wells (4) over entire farm provide water wherever it is desired. Two farmers' houses. Buildings designed and completed to fill every requirement for operation of stock farm raising pure bred cattle, hogs, sheep, etc." (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 042621
- Title:
- Home of John T. Gibson, Site of John Brown Execution; Charles Town, W. Va.
- Description:
- + (Cross) indicates where scaffold stood from which John Brown was executed. Published by Williamsport Paper Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 042622
- Title:
- View of Gap; Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
- Description:
- Railroad bridge crosses over the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers into a tunnel. Published by Baltimore Stationery Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 042623
- Title:
- Horseshoe Bend, Potomac River; Shepherdstown, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1908
- Description:
- View of Douglas Hill, also known as Ferry Place Hill, on the Maryland side. Published by Reinhart's Pharmacy. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 042624
- Title:
- View From Maryland Heights of Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers; Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1907
- Description:
- (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 042625
- Title:
- Picturesque Charles Town, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1910
- Description:
- See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 042626
- Title:
- Looking Down Street 'on a Busy Day', Shepherdstown, W. Va.
- Date:
- Undated
- Description:
- Dirt-paved main street looks desserted on this "busy day".(From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 042627
- Title:
- Difference Between Maryland and W. Va.; Shepherdstown, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1906
- Description:
- Bridge connecting the two states over the Potomac River. See the original for the correspondence.(From postcard collection legacy system.)
- IDNO:
- 042628
- Title:
- View Up Potomac; Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
- Description:
- Published by The Albertype Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
