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Harpers Ferry ornament - National Parks Gallery

Harpers Ferry ornament created by Jay Mauzy for the 2007 White House tree.

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Tail Races - National parks scenic trails

In the historic period, a canal was constructed as a power supply for the factory operations. A series of tail races were constructed from the canal leading to the Potomac River. Evidence uncovered during arche... More

YOUNT_HARTZOG_2011 Lisa_Hendy_1804, National Parks gallery

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Rolling Mill, National Parks gallery

During the Armory era, the former hydroelectric plant was known as the Rolling Mill. After that, it was the Harpers Ferry Paper Company. The structure, which sits on a foundation that originally dates to the 18... More

Lockwood House at Camp Hill - Public Domain image, National Parks Gall...

The Lockwood House, also known as the former armory paymaster's quarters, was built in 1848. Classes at Storer College began on October 2, 1867 with 19 students in this building.

Harper's Ferry insurrection - Interior of the Engine-House, just befor...

Men shot and bleeding, John Brown and others with rifle and pikes, and hostages inside the engine house of the Harpers Ferry Armory. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 8, no. 205 (1859 Nov. 5), p. 359.

George Sennott telegram to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harper's Ferry ...

Orders him to stop Mrs. [Mary Anne (Day)] Brown. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

George Sennott telegram to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harper's Ferry ...

Orders him to stop Mrs. [Mary Anne (Day)] Brown. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Harper's Ferry, Virginia, no. 641 / George Stacy.

Stereograph shows view of town, railroad, bridge, and river. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixtu... More

Troops on the Camp Hill Landscape, 1862

This 1862 photograph of Federal troops stationed at the armory superintendent's house shows the condition of the Camp Hill landscape during the 1860s. Note the generally bare, compacted, and eroded earth.

[Map of the Shenandoah Valley from Strasburg, Va., to Harpers Ferry an...

Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay

[Map of portions of Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland, centering o...

Shows roads in red, and railroads, place names, etc. in black. Relief shown by hachures. Date from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Title derived from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Following the statemen... More

The burning of the United States arsenal at Harper's Ferry, 10 P.M. Ap...

Print shows the arsenal at Harpers Ferry in flames as soldiers and citizens carry away to safety the munitions that were stored there. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 5, no. 228 (1861 May 11), p. 293.

Vicinity of Winchester and Harper's Ferry, Va

Detail of a printed map of Winchester, Va., and environs, with annotations and additions by Sneden. Additions include inclusion of roads, notes about and dates of battles and skirmishes, location of the point w... More

Vicinity of Winchester and Harper's Ferry, Va.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

No. B784. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Negative in National Archives Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860-1985, Series: Mathew Brady ... More

Group, 22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [...

Photograph shows non-commissioned staff Color Sergeant William Lamonby and Company Sergeant Thompson; Right Gen. Guide Wyckoff, Color Sergt. Geo. V.W. House; Lockwood; Sergt. Major Charles Walker; Left Gen. Gui... More

The attack on and surrender of Harper's Ferry

Shows the area surrounding Harper's Ferry, W. Va., at the intersection of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers as the Confederate forces under Jackson began their assault, Sept. 12-15, 1862.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

No. B1018. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Company A, 22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia (i....

No. B186. Original negative in National Archives Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860-1985, Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, 1921... More

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

Photograph shows Private J.H. Kissam standing with bayoneted rifle. No. 890. Date based on 22nd NY history. Identification of photographer and soldier from same photograph in National Archives. Mounted with fi... More

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

No. B794. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a tent, military, or refugee camp, temporary settlement, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

No. B1006. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

Photograph shows portrait of Corporal Joseph P. Goodliff of Co. I, 22nd New York Infantry Regiment with bayoneted rifle, bedroll, and backpack. No. B777. Negative in the National Archives, who attribute the ima... More

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

No. B793. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

B Company, 22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 18...

No. 4134. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Published in: History of the Twenty-second regiment of the National guard of the state of New York ... / by General George W. Wingate. New York: E. W. Dayton [1896], p. 199.

Company G, 22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 18...

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The attack on Harper's Ferry Va., by Jackson, September 14th and 15th,...

Shows the area of convergence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers that marks the border of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. Details include the location of Union forces in the town of Harper's Ferry and ... More

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 i.e.1862

No. B785. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Company A, 22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 18...

Picryl description: Public domain image of war, military conflict, infantry, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

No. B797. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Group, 22nd New York State Militia, near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861...

No. B163. Date based on 22nd NY history. Hand written on verso: "Miller, vol. 8, page 69". Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

Photograph shows young African American camp servant of Colonel Lloyd Aspinwall of Field & Staff, 22nd New York Infantry Regiment, standing in front of tent with sword as Aspinwall peeks from inside the tent. N... More

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

No. B838. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Negative in National Archives Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860-1985, Series: Mathew Brady ... More

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

No. B853. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Negative (stereoscopic) in National Archives Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860-1985, Series... More

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

Photograph shows Private J.H. Carpenter and unidentified soldiers playing cards in front of tent. No. B849. Date based on 22nd NY history. Photographer and soldier's name from another copy in the National Arch... More

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

Photograph shows Private E.T. Avory standing with bayoneted rifle. No. B959. Date based on 22nd NY history. Identification of photographer and soldier from same photograph in National Archives. Mounted with fi... More

The attack on and surrender of Harper's Ferry

Shows the area surrounding Harper's Ferry, W. Va., at the intersection of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers as the Confederate forces under Jackson began their assault, Sept. 12-15, 1862. Color coding indicates... More

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

No. B1014. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

No. B1019. Date based on 22nd NY history Mounted with five other photographs. See LC-USZC4-6315 for full card mount. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

No. B858. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

No. B795. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

No. B1030. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. See LC-USZC4-6315 for full card mount. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

No. B915. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

No. B986. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

Photograph shows Private James P. Bonnett and unidentified soldiers in front of tent. No. B837. Date based on 22nd NY history. Photographer and soldier's name from another copy in the National Archives (529655... More

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

No. B844. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Group, 22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [...

No. B214. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

No. B855. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

No. B822. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

No. B774. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

22d New York State Militia near Harpers Ferry, Virginia, 1861 [i.e.186...

No. B845. Date based on 22nd NY history. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Sketch of the vicinity of Harpers Ferry, [W.] Va., by Wm. Luce, Oct. 1...

Maryland, the District of Columbia, and the Potomac River

Map shewing sic movements of Union and Rebel armies from 30th June to ...

Covers parts of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia, focusing on the Gettysburg area south through Sharpsburg and Frederick City, Md., and ending around Harpers Ferry, Va. [now W.Va.]. At the end of June 1863... More

Military map showing the topographical features of the country adjacen...

Civil War salted paper maps. AL-40. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 699 Relief shown by contour lines. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as ra... More

Military map showing the topographical features of the country adjacen...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Map shewing [sic] vicinity of Harper's Ferry, Virginia, and the upper ...

Concerns an area of Maryland and Virginia between the towns of Cumberland, Md., on the west and Harpers Ferry, Va. [now W.Va.], on the eastern side of the map. Sneden details the mountainous topography highlig... More

[Military map showing the topographical features of the country adjace...

Scale 1:15,840. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 700 Printed edition of the preceding map indicating relief by hachures rather than by contour lines. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also ... More

Map shewing [sic] movements of Union and Rebel armies from 30th June t...

Victorian shadow box depicting a holiday scene

Victorian shadow box depicting a holiday scene. Scenes from Capt. Flagg's US Quartermaster City: Approach of Peace 1864 Event, Dec. 3-4, 2011. NPS Photo

Victorian shadow box depicting a holiday scene

Victorian shadow box depicting a holiday scene. Scenes from Capt. Flagg's US Quartermaster City: Approach of Peace 1864 Event, Dec. 3-4, 2011. NPS Photo

Vicinity of Harpers Ferry. - Public domain old map

Shows names of some residents. Relief shown by hachures. Date and scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Title on verso partially obscured by mounting. Pen-and-ink on 2 sheets of tracing linen, pasted to... More

Soldier's Rest, National Parks gallery

Soldier's Rest. Scenes from Capt. Flagg's US Quartermaster City: Approach of Peace 1864 Event, Dec. 3-4, 2011. NPS Photo

[Topographic map of the vicinity of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia].

Relief shown by hachures. Title, date, and scale from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Pen-and-ink over pencil grid, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H191 Available also through the Library of C... More

Victorian shadow box depicting a holiday scene

Victorian shadow box depicting a holiday scene. Scenes from Capt. Flagg's US Quartermaster City: Approach of Peace 1864 Event, Dec. 3-4, 2011. NPS Photo

Hungry young soldiers find snacks at the Soldiers Rest

Hungry young soldiers find snacks at the Soldiers' Rest. Scenes from Capt. Flagg's US Quartermaster City: Approach of Peace 1864 Event, Dec. 3-4, 2011. NPS Photo

The war in upper Virginia - General Sheridan's headquarters at Harper'...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1864 Sept. 3, p. 381.

Storer College - National Parks Gallery

Storer College, in Harpers Ferry, WV opened its doors in 1867. By 1870, Storer was the only teacher-training institution for African Americans in the state of West Virginia.

Bollman Iron Bridge, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

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Harper's Ferry by moonlight / G. Perkins ; R. Hinshelwood.

Steel engraving by R. Hinshelwood after painting by Granville Perkins. Copyright by D. Appleton & Co. Illus. in: Picturesque America / William Cullen Bryant. N.Y. :[c1872-], v. 1.

Fred Morsell as Frederick Douglass

Morsell presents Douglass' famous 1881 address on John Brown. Public domain photograph related to US National Parks, Nature, conservation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Brown's fort, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

Photograph shows fire engine house used by John Brown in his raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859, painted with "John Brown's Fort" to attract tourists. Stamp on verso: "Hotel Conner, J.W. Doll, proprietor." Gift; To... More

Culvert in the Berm - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

A railroad berm was built in 1892. The rail line that once ran up the Potomac River on the water's edge now crossed the southern end of the Armory Grounds on the berm. Other landscape features are associated wi... More

John Brown Obelisk - National Parks Gallery

The granite memorial obelisk for John Brown was placed on the railroad berm in 1895 by a group of African Americans, including Frederick Douglass. It was located above grade from where John Brown's fort was loc... More

Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. : The Shenandoah, B. & O.R.R. bridge, T...

Postcard showing views of the Shenandoah, B. & O.R.R. Bridge, and the Potomac.

Niagara Descendants' Breakfast - National Parks Gallery

Descendants of the 1905-1906 Niagara members gathered for a breakfast reception.

Harper's Ferry, W.Va., from Maryland Heights

Postcard showing panoramic view of the town of Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. Includes Virginia and the Shenandoah River to the left; and the Potomac River and Maryland to the right, with bridges, including the... More

Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. : The Shenandoah, B. & O.R.R. bridge, T...

Postcard showing views of the Shenandoah, B. & O.R.R. Bridge, and the Potomac. F58370 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright deposit; 1907; (PR 06 CN 038).

Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. - Public domain postcard scan

Postcard shows panoramic view of Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bridge. F 58363 U.S. Copyright Office. A49191. No. 139. Copyright 1907 by W... More

Harpers Ferry : panoramic perspective from Hotel Conner to the Hill-To...

Postcard showing a panoramic view of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Harpers Ferry, across the Potomac from the tunnelled base of Maryland ...

Postcard showing a panoramic view of Harpers Ferry. Includes Potomac River and bridges. Taken from the vantage point of the tunnelled base of Maryland Heights. F65396 U.S. Copyright Office. Includes a vignette... More

The "Hill-Top House," and Ridge street west.

Postcard shows a street view of Hilltop House Hotel in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. F65402 U.S. Copyright Office. Includes vignette of Civil War soldier admiring the view on verso. Copyright 1908, by W. L. Er... More

National Guard, Harper's Ferry, W.Va

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Photo Company collection is available ... More

Raising flag, National Guard, Harper's Ferry, W.Va.

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National Guard, Harper's Ferry, W.Va.

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National Guard, Harper's Ferry, W.Va

National Guard, Harper's Ferry, W.Va.

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National Guard, Harper's Ferry, W.Va.

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National Guard, Harper's Ferry, W.Va.

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Raising flag, National Guard, Harper's Ferry, W.Va

Storer College Postcard Series - Public Domain image, National Parks G...

Improvements at Storer College are captured in this series of circa 1910 postcards showing the campus and buildings. New Lincoln Hall is shown with John Brown's Fort to the south with an open ground plan with l... More

Musket Factory Retaining Wall - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...

By 1840, Harpers Ferry had established itself as one of the few industrial centers of the American South. During the historic period, the number of buildings and structures on the landscape increased in respons... More

View of Storer College Campus at Camp Hill

Circa 1913 view of Storer College campus looking northeast, taken from 1913-14 Storer College Catalogue.

[Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.], Panoramic Photograph

J207668 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O. Title derived from copyright deposit records. Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; October 18, 1915.

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