Menu Expand Menu Close
Back to Top
Filter Search Expand Close Filter
Search Expand Search Close

Search Constraints

Start Over
You searched for: Personal Names Brown, John, 1800-1859. Remove constraint Personal Names: Brown, John, 1800-1859. Projects West Virginia History OnView Remove constraint Projects: West Virginia History OnView
1 - 14 of 14
Number of results to display per page

Search Results

A view of John Brown's Fort in Harper's Ferry, W. Va.

1. John Brown's Fort

IDNO:
053564
Title:
John Brown's Fort
Date:
ca. 1890
Description:
A view of John Brown's Fort in Harper's Ferry, W. Va.
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.

2. 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.
The last picture taken of the old jail in which John Brown was confined at Charles Town, W. Va.

3. Old Jail in Charles Town, W. Va.

IDNO:
037820
Title:
Old Jail in Charles Town, W. Va.
Date:
1919
Description:
The last picture taken of the old jail in which John Brown was confined at Charles Town, W. Va.
The inside leaves of John Brown's jail house Bible,including an inscription written by Brown to John Blessing. Before Brown's Execution, he presented the Bible to Blessing as show of gratitude for Blessing's acts of kindness.

4. John Brown's Bible

IDNO:
037782
Title:
John Brown's Bible
Description:
The inside leaves of John Brown's jail house Bible,including an inscription written by Brown to John Blessing. Before Brown's Execution, he presented the Bible to Blessing as show of gratitude for Blessing's acts of kindness.
The outside cover of John Brown's jail house Bible

5. John Brown's Bible

IDNO:
037781
Title:
John Brown's Bible
Description:
The outside cover of John Brown's jail house Bible
Albumen print dates from 1870-1895.

6. Abolitionist John Brown

IDNO:
026710
Title:
Abolitionist John Brown
Date:
ca. 1855
Description:
Albumen print dates from 1870-1895.

7. Wall Tablet Commemorating John Brown, Storer College, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

IDNO:
025702
Title:
Wall Tablet Commemorating John Brown, Storer College, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Known as the Kennedy Farm, John Brown rented the homestead using the name "Issac Smith", in the summer of 1859. Located across the Potomac River from Virginia, it was here Brown finalized his plans to raid the United States Armory at Harpers Ferry. The woman in the photograph is not identified.

8. Woman in Front of Spring on John Brown's Farm, Sharpsburg, Md.

IDNO:
025260
Title:
Woman in Front of Spring on John Brown's Farm, Sharpsburg, Md.
Date:
undated
Description:
Known as the Kennedy Farm, John Brown rented the homestead using the name "Issac Smith", in the summer of 1859. Located across the Potomac River from Virginia, it was here Brown finalized his plans to raid the United States Armory at Harpers Ferry. The woman in the photograph is not identified.

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

IDNO:
024006
Title:
John Brown's Fort on Campus of Storer College, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

10. John Brown's Fort at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

IDNO:
013077
Title:
John Brown's Fort at Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890

11. Sketch of the Procession to John Brown's Hanging in Charles Town, Jefferson County, W. Va.

IDNO:
013058
Title:
Sketch of the Procession to John Brown's Hanging in Charles Town, Jefferson County, W. Va.
People are standing in front of the John Brown Exhibits building in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.

12. Downtown Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

IDNO:
006635
Title:
Downtown Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Description:
People are standing in front of the John Brown Exhibits building in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
Fort building stands in a field where two children are playing in the foreground. Inscription with the image, 'The present site of John Brown's Fort as it now stands in a field overlooking the Shenandoah River, in [West] Virginia, a few miles from where it originally stood at Harper's Ferry. It was placed here at the request of Kate Field, of Washington after it was exhibited at the World's Fair in Chicago.'

13. John Brown's Fort on Murphy's Farm, Bolivar Heights, W. Va.

IDNO:
006601
Title:
John Brown's Fort on Murphy's Farm, Bolivar Heights, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900
Description:
Fort building stands in a field where two children are playing in the foreground. Inscription with the image, 'The present site of John Brown's Fort as it now stands in a field overlooking the Shenandoah River, in [West] Virginia, a few miles from where it originally stood at Harper's Ferry. It was placed here at the request of Kate Field, of Washington after it was exhibited at the World's Fair in Chicago.'
The U.S. Army Buildings which John Brown took possession of. Harpers Ferry, W. VA. Junction of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers. Meeting of the States of MD., W. VA., and VA. Arsenal captured, October 16, 1859.

14. Drawing of Harpers Ferry Arsenal , Captured By John Brown

IDNO:
000804
Title:
Drawing of Harpers Ferry Arsenal , Captured By John Brown
Date:
undated
Description:
The U.S. Army Buildings which John Brown took possession of. Harpers Ferry, W. VA. Junction of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers. Meeting of the States of MD., W. VA., and VA. Arsenal captured, October 16, 1859.