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Unidentified man stands on a railroad track with the Potomac River behind him, 'Armory building on original site to left'.

1. Harpers Ferry, Va. Before 1861

IDNO:: 006591
Title:: Harpers Ferry, Va. Before 1861
Date:: ca. 1860
Description:: Unidentified man stands on a railroad track with the Potomac River behind him, 'Armory building on original site to left'.

Color postcard of a ca. 1918 touring car driving next to the the C&O Canal. The Harpers Ferry bridge crossing the confluence of the Potomac and the Shenandoah Rivers is in the background.

2. Driving Along Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Near Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

IDNO:: 037963
Title:: Driving Along Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Near Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Description:: Color postcard of a ca. 1918 touring car driving next to the the C&O Canal. The Harpers Ferry bridge crossing the confluence of the Potomac and the Shenandoah Rivers is in the background.

View from Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, W. Va. showing several buildings on the Storer College campus including 1. Lockwood, 2. Brackett, 3. McDowell Shenandoah (?), 4. Franklin (Cook) House, and 5. Storer College Gym.

3. Looking Towards the Gap from Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

IDNO:: 049758
Title:: Looking Towards the Gap from Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Description:: View from Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, W. Va. showing several buildings on the Storer College campus including 1. Lockwood, 2. Brackett, 3. McDowell Shenandoah (?), 4. Franklin (Cook) House, and 5. Storer College Gym.

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.

4. John Brown's Fort on Storer College Campus, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

IDNO:: 052397
Title:: 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.