John Brown's grave at North Elba, [New York] – Historic Print
![John Brown's grave at North Elba, [New York], c1897. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/5a/5a825043e8c9-L.webp)
(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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John Brown's grave at North Elba, [New York] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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John Brown's grave at North Elba, [New York]
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Rather than the raid or the trial, this print shows the place where Brown was finally laid to rest: a grave on the family farm at North Elba, in the Adirondack country near Lake Placid, New York. Brown was hanged in Virginia in December 1859 after his raid on the federal armory at Harpers Ferry, and his body was brought north to the homestead where his wife, Mary, and their children lived. By the 1890s, the grave had become a place of pilgrimage for admirers of the abolitionist, and photographs like this one recorded the modest memorial that drew them there.
| Created / published | c1897. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1890-1900. |
| Subjects | Brown, John,--1800-1859--Tomb--New York (State)--North Elba. Tombs & sepulchral monuments--New York (State)--North Elba--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 744 px · prints to 5 × 2 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-164615 |
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