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.
Maryland Heights Across Potomac River at Harpers Ferry, Va, (W. Va.)
Date:
ca. 1862
Description:
Maryland, the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal and a reconstructed Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bridge on the Potomac River as viewed from the Harpers Ferry cemetery. Note the head stones in the foreground and the smoke stack of the burned out United States Armory below. The photograph was taken during the Civil War.
Adjutant, First Sergeants and Drummer Boy of 22nd New York State Militia, Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, Va. (W. Va.)
Date:
ca. 1862
Description:
A group portrait of an adjutant of the regiment, front and center, with a young drummer boy on his left and flanked by several first sergeants during the Civil War. None of the subjects are identified.
Soldiers of 22nd New York Militia, Camp Hill, Harpers Ferry, Va. (W. Va.)
Date:
ca. 1861
Description:
Two unidentified soldiers of the 22nd New York State Militia, Union Army, in full uniform and armed, standing in front of a caisson. Note the caisson carries a spare wheel.
Ancella Bickley, Governor Wise, and "Rusty" Webb standing together for a picture at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peoples and Harpers Ferry National Historical Park convention.
James Henry Green Sr. received his AA diploma from Storer College in 1943, and he graduated from Storer College with his B.A. degree in 1946. He married Cecelia Isabella (Green) who attended Storer College for her Secondary School education.
L to R: Isabelle Stewart, Raymond McNeal and Odetta Johnson display a Storer pennant sitting on the campus lawn. All three students are listed as Honor Students in 1916.
Women of the Niagara Movement at Storer College in Harpers Ferry, W. Va. Left to right are Mrs. O. M. Waller, Mrs. H. F. M. Murray, Mrs. Mollie Lewis Kelan, Mrs. IdaD. Bailey, Miss Sadie Shorter, and Mrs. Charlotte Hershaw. Mrs. Gertrude Wright Morgan is seated.
Halltown a Few Miles Southwest from Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Date:
1884/08/02
Description:
'122(73)D. I.C.; Aug. 2, 1884, Saturday 10 a.m. cloudy; Halltown a few miles S.W. from Harpers Ferry. Looking N.E. toward Harpers Ferry. The town of Loudon Heights can be just made out. Halltown is only a cluster of a few houses, a RR station, factory and a store. In the village we passed a pretty pond which would have made a good picture, but we hurried through on account of the proximity of the R.R. The building with the cupola is a school house.'
'121 D.(72) I.C. 121; Aug. 1, 1884, Friday 6-20 p.m.; Half mile out of Charles Town. Looking N.E. towards Harpers Ferry. Maryland Heights are on the left of the gap and Loudoun Heights on the right. Through the gap on the N. side can be seen the South Mt. The nearer ridge under Maryland Heights is Bolivar Heights and the still nearer ridge extending across the whole picture is Halltown Heights and was the fortified line chosen by Sheridan when he took command in '64. On the extreme right lie the farms through which we wandered in lanes and field in search of hay, finally camping 1/2 mile or more away from the pike.'
Looking east along the Potomac River on the Virginia (West Virginia) side. The ruins of the Armory can be seen on the left and telegraph poles line the damaged tracks. Two men, one leaning on a telegraph pole and another next to the house are not identified. The photograph was taken several weeks after the September,1862 battle when Stonewall Jackson's artillery shelled the town, forcing the Union troops to surrender.
Soldiers of 22nd New York Militia, Union Army, Harpers Ferry, Va. (W. Va.)
Date:
1861
Description:
Two unidentified Union soldiers in uniform, full pack and armed on Camp Hill above Harpers Ferry during the Federal forces occupation of the area early in the Civil War. Note the huge bayonets attached to their rifles.
Ancella Bickley alongside another speaker at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - Harpers Ferry National Historical Park convention.
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.
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.
Storer College Alumna at Jefferson Rock, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Description:
Cecelia Isabella Lee (Green) attended Storer College for Secondary School. She married James Henry Green Sr., who graduated from Storer College in 1946.