Harpers Ferry – Historic Photo Reproduction
![Harpers Ferry, [1924] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/8c/8c72b4c049e2-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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A window into the past: Harpers Ferry, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Harpers Ferry, where the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers meet in northeastern West Virginia, was a crossroads of commerce and conflict long before this view was made. Its federal armory and John Brown's 1859 raid drew national attention, and the town changed hands several times during the Civil War. The National Photo Company produced many scenes like this one for travelers and postcard buyers in the early twentieth century. Streaks and blemishes on the glass come from deterioration of the original coatings, so the negative shows its age as well as its subject.
| Created / published | [1924] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp note: Batch three. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 5,265 × 4,274 px · prints to 18 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-240324 |
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