Jefferson Rock Postcard

Photograph

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Jefferson County Museum

Name/Title

Jefferson Rock Postcard

Entry/Object ID

IMG2024.018.019

Description

Extra long black and white postcard with image of a man sitting on Jefferson Rock looking uphill. Steeple of St. Peter's church and the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers are visible in the background. In red text, the postcard says: "Jefferson's Rock, famed as a favorite viewpoint of the Author of our Declaration of Independence/ Divinely though for trysts prepared,/What countless secrets has it shared,/Nor 'Independence' heard declared!"

Photograph Details

Subject

Jefferson Rock

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

Jefferson Rock, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

Acquisition

Accession

2024.018

Source or Donor

Tabb, George E., Jr.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1908

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Manufacturer's Mark

Location

Back of postcard

Transcription

Scenic Souvenir of Picturesque Historic Harpers Ferry/ "All quiet along the Potomac"/ Published from Original Photograph, Copyright 1908 by W L Erwin/Harpers Ferry, West VA. in pencil: 706B