Mable Strickland's Childhood Home, Possibly Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Two women, two men, one boy, and several animals in front of a farmhouse. Note on reverse suggests that this could be Harpers Ferry, W. Va. Photo identified as Mable Strickland's home as a child, but does not indicate if she is in the image.
John Brown's Fort on Storer College Campus, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Photograph of the fort's exterior. It was built in 1848 as a guard and fire engine house for the federal Harpers Ferry Armory in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, then a part of Virginia. Storer College was a historically black college. The fort was on the campus of Storer College from 1909 to 1968.