Lower Town Harpers Ferry 1859

Name/Title

Lower Town Harpers Ferry 1859

Entry/Object ID

IMG948

Description

1859 view of Lower Town Harpers Ferry and the covered Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Viaduct. The Point was a bustling commercial district at the time. This is one of the earliest known photographs of Harpers Ferry from 1859. Note: two copies of photograph - one sepia and one black and white

Acquisition

Accession

358

Source or Donor

Fitzpatrick, Edwin A., III

Acquisition Method

Donation

Credit Line

From the Edwin A. Fitzpatrick, Jr., Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1859

Place

* Untyped Place

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

Notes

Medium: Photographic Paper