Lewisburg Military Acad, West Virginia – Historic Photograph Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Lewisburg Military Acad, West Virginia, preserved in this historic image. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: [Lewisburg, W. Va. Military Academy]
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Lewisburg Military Acad, West Virginia
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Lewisburg, the seat of Greenbrier County in southeastern West Virginia, was a small farm town in 1913, set on the Greenbrier River in a valley known for livestock, grain, and orchards. Its streets still carried the memory of the Civil War, when the town changed hands several times and a Union force won a battle there in 1862. The military academy pictured here drew cadets from across the state and beyond, and it gave the town a steady population of students, instructors, and the families who served them. Most residents still depended on the land and on the county courthouse trade, and the town's social life centered on churches, fraternal lodges, and school events. In a period when rail travel was reshaping much of Appalachia, Lewisburg remained a place known more for its schools and its farms than for industry.
| Created / published | 1913 |
|---|---|
| Creator | griffith & parker |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--West Virginia |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,158 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | [Lewisburg, W. Va. Military Academy] |
| Reference | WV Lewisburg Military Acad |
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