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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.

1. 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.

2. House with Wrap-Around Porch, Oakland, Md.

IDNO:
028530
Title:
House with Wrap-Around Porch, Oakland, Md.
Date:
1914/07/31

3. Oakland Hotel, Oakland, Md.

IDNO:
028902
Title:
Oakland Hotel, Oakland, Md.
Date:
ca. 1905-1925

4. Bird's Eye View of Oakland, Md.

IDNO:
028924
Title:
Bird's Eye View of Oakland, Md.
Date:
1909

5. Band, Oakland, Md.

IDNO:
028991
Title:
Band, Oakland, Md.
Date:
1910

6. Winter Scene, Grantsville, Md.

IDNO:
029077
Title:
Winter Scene, Grantsville, Md.
Date:
ca. 1905-1925

7. LIttle Meadows on the Ocean-To-Ocean Speedway, Near Grantsville, Md.

IDNO:
029078
Title:
LIttle Meadows on the Ocean-To-Ocean Speedway, Near Grantsville, Md.
Date:
ca. 1905-1925
Engineers and others pose with a steam engine, the view is likely to be taken in Western Maryland.

8. Early Steam Locomotive and Engineers

IDNO:
029079
Title:
Early Steam Locomotive and Engineers
Date:
ca. 1905-1925
Description:
Engineers and others pose with a steam engine, the view is likely to be taken in Western Maryland.

9. Old Meshach Browning Home as it Looks Today - Located on Sang Run, Garrett County Maryland

IDNO:
029080
Title:
Old Meshach Browning Home as it Looks Today - Located on Sang Run, Garrett County Maryland
Date:
1919

10. House Decorated for Centennial Celebration in Frostburg, Maryland

IDNO:
029082
Title:
House Decorated for Centennial Celebration in Frostburg, Maryland
Date:
1912/08/25-1912/08/31
The old toll gate is built in 1812.

11. Old Toll Gate, National Highway, Cumberland, Md.

IDNO:
029086
Title:
Old Toll Gate, National Highway, Cumberland, Md.
Date:
ca. 1905-1925
Description:
The old toll gate is built in 1812.
'No. 5. 1 1/2 Mi. E. of Grantsville Md. Looking W Grantsville Md & National Road up Negro Mt. district, stone bridge can be seen in valley.'

12. Grantsville, Md.

IDNO:
029087
Title:
Grantsville, Md.
Date:
ca. 1905-1925
Description:
'No. 5. 1 1/2 Mi. E. of Grantsville Md. Looking W Grantsville Md & National Road up Negro Mt. district, stone bridge can be seen in valley.'

13. Youngsters Walk to School through the Snow Clad HIlls of Grantsville, Md.

IDNO:
029092
Title:
Youngsters Walk to School through the Snow Clad HIlls of Grantsville, Md.
Date:
ca. 1905-1925

14. Residence View of Washington Street, Cumberland, Md.

IDNO:
029123
Title:
Residence View of Washington Street, Cumberland, Md.
Date:
1907/07/28

15. Street Scene in Oakland, Md.

IDNO:
029124
Title:
Street Scene in Oakland, Md.
Date:
ca. 1905-1925

16. Table Rock Inn, Top of Backbone Mountain, U.S. 50

IDNO:
029142
Title:
Table Rock Inn, Top of Backbone Mountain, U.S. 50
Date:
ca. 1905-1925
Deakins Hall was the ancestral home of the family which produced a Colonel of the Continental Army and the surveyor of the W. Va. and Maryland boundary line. The name J.C Wilfong, Jr. appears on the back of photo.

17. Deakins Hall, Washington D. C.

IDNO:
031454
Title:
Deakins Hall, Washington D. C.
Date:
c.a 1962
Description:
Deakins Hall was the ancestral home of the family which produced a Colonel of the Continental Army and the surveyor of the W. Va. and Maryland boundary line. The name J.C Wilfong, Jr. appears on the back of photo.
Improvement on summit of the mountain from side of Savage Mountain. Written on the back of the photo is 205.D.119.9.C.

18. View of Savage Mountain

IDNO:
031456
Title:
View of Savage Mountain
Date:
c.a 1884
Description:
Improvement on summit of the mountain from side of Savage Mountain. Written on the back of the photo is 205.D.119.9.C.
Written on the back of the photo is W.(73) B 175.

19. Conecocheque on Hagerstown and Cumberland Pike.

IDNO:
031458
Title:
Conecocheque on Hagerstown and Cumberland Pike.
Date:
1884/ 08/07
Description:
Written on the back of the photo is W.(73) B 175.
Written on back of photo 204.D118.I.C.

20. Frostburg looking Westward

IDNO:
031460
Title:
Frostburg looking Westward
Description:
Written on back of photo 204.D118.I.C.
Written on the back 161 W(67)

21. Civil War Battlefield - Burnside Bridge from above on the Union side

IDNO:
031462
Title:
Civil War Battlefield - Burnside Bridge from above on the Union side
Description:
Written on the back 161 W(67)

22. Admiral Schley Boyhood Home, Frederick, Md.

IDNO:
031601
Title:
Admiral Schley Boyhood Home, Frederick, Md.
Date:
1914/10/30

23. Central Hotel, Friendsville, Md.

IDNO:
031602
Title:
Central Hotel, Friendsville, Md.

24. M.E. Church, Mt. Lake Park, Md.

IDNO:
031603
Title:
M.E. Church, Mt. Lake Park, Md.