Island Park Postcard

Photograph

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Jefferson County Museum

Name/Title

Island Park Postcard

Entry/Object ID

IMG2024.018.020

Description

Extra long black and white postcard featuring a panoramic view of the Potomac River in Harpers Ferry. Visible in the foreground are railroad tracks and Island Park on Byrne Island. Bolivar Heights is visible in the background. Description of image in red ink is printed on front: "From West Virginia's jutting crags, sweeping Bolivar Heights and the broad Potomac,/ past Island Park to Maryland's fort-crowned summit"

Photograph Details

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia/Bolivar Heights, West Virginia

Acquisition

Accession

2024.018

Source or Donor

Tabb, George E., Jr.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1908

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Transcription

Mrs. D.L. Hodgens, Brooklyn, NY Do not know/youre(sic) address./so will send it to the office--/We should have/of our vacation/at this place-/Eliz. Reed