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New River Gorge national park and preserve - Mess Hall

Preparing a meal at the Mess Hall; 1987

Spring Blessing, by Samantha Goette

Wild Geranium, by Samantha Goette, 7th grade, Nicholas County, top 6th-8th grade (clay)

Washington Heritage Trail - Stirring a Pot of Apple Butter at the Berk...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Original Caption: A little girl helps an older man stir the steaming contents of a basin of Apple Butter at the Apple Butter Festival in Berkeley Springs.... More

Laffon Pettry, Drews Creek, slicing potatoes at the Ramp Supper

Event: Pine Knob Ramp Supper on Drews Creek. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Flooding ^ Mudslide/Landslide ^ Severe Storm - Varney, W. Va. , May 24...

The original database describes this as: Title: Members of a Baptist Disaster Relief crew working in West Virginia Production Date: 05/24/2009 Caption: Varney, W. Va. , May 24, 2009 -- Members of a Baptist D... More

Oil Spill Activity - National Parks Gallery

Girl Scouts learn about environmental responses to oil spills Public domain photograph of educational activity, National Park rangers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Spiderwort in the Spring, by Haylie Hedrick

Spiderwort, by Haylie Hedrick, 6th grade, Ansted Middle School, top 6th - 8th grade (plaster of paris & acrylic paint)

Tie Dying Activity - National Parks Gallery

Girl Scouts learn about the water cycle through a tie dying activity

Harpers Ferry ornament - National Parks Gallery

Harpers Ferry ornament created by Jay Mauzy for the 2007 White House tree.

Matron of Honor, Dena Williams, and other wedding guests eating weddin...

Event: Crystal Pettry and Bruce Ramsey's Wedding. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Plat of a survey for William Hughes, Jr. of 460 acres in Frederick Co...

Title from Lawrence Martin's The George Washington Atlas. 1932. Survey plot is located either in Hampshire County or Morgan County, W. Va. Handwritten on verso: William Hughes Junr., plat for 460 acres, 1753,... More

Michel's map: 1707 Historic map, Library of Congress

Relief shown pictorially. Title from LC G&M Div. preliminary map shelflist card. Date of photocopy: 1921? Oriented with north to the right. Accompanied by positive and negative photocopies of article: Documents... More

Survey of land for Richard Stephenson in Frederick County; attested by...

Maps of individual colonies were compiled using the most accurate and recent information. They consulted published maps in combination with data from surveys of local geographical features, such as roads, river... More

A sketch of the field of battle with the disposition of the troops in ...

Scale 1:10,800; 300 yards to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Relief shown by hachures. The name R. Ohio applies also to the Allegheny. "No. 27." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a rast... More

[Braddock's route, 1755, Fort Cumberland to Fort Pitt.

Scale 1:316,800; 5 mi. to an in. Title from manuscript catalog of Peter Force map collection. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Has watermark. Relief shown pictorially. In pencil: Braddock's rout 1755. Sh... More

[Plat of a survey of 2,314 acres of land, being the first large bottom...

Scale ca. 1:20,000. Title from Lawrence Martin's The George Washington atlas. 1932. Cover title: George Washington; survey of land in Ohio, a grant from the Colony of Virginia to Washington for military service... More

Thematic Websites Photos for Accessibility Website sf1773 Ranger Mary ...

HFC-Office of Communications , Thematic Websites Public domain photograph of educational activity, National Park rangers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Thematic Websites photos for NPWeek 2010 sf1773 Ranger Mary Laycock wi...

HFC-Office of Communications , Thematic Websites Public domain photograph of educational activity, National Park rangers, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Eight survey tracts along the Kanawha River, W.Va. showing land grant...

Scale ca. 1:40,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Imperfect: Deteriorated along old fold lines. Oriented with north toward the lower left. Has watermarks. Individual surveys dated 1771 through 1774, performed by "Mr... More

Copy of a survey return'd by Mr. Sam Lewis, surveyor of Botetourt Coun...

Scale not given. Title from certificate mounted below map. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Imperfect: Deteriorated along old fold lines. Oriented with north to the right. Has watermark. LC Maps of North America, 1750-... More

A map of the land abt. Red Stone and Fort Pitt,

Scale ca. 1:600,000. Title from verso. Manuscript, pen-and-ink. Relief shown pictorially. The title, land tract boundaries with owners' initials, and some place names have been identified as annotations by Geor... More

Plan of a tract of land (marked in the General Plan no. 7), containing...

Covers part of Harrison County (W.Va.) "Survey'd for Sam'l Young, Ase'e of William Jones, 5000 Acres of Land, in Harrison County, on a Land Office Treasury Warrant, no. 20,98, dated the 20th Day of October 1783... More

Plat of the partition of Moore & Beckley survey of 170,038 a. in the c...

"Surveyed for Andrew Moore & John Beckley, Nov. 2nd, 1794." Shows names of some residents. Pen-an-ink and pencil over col. grid, mounted on cloth. Includes notes. In upper right corner in red ink: Moore & Beckl... More

Plats of the Wilson Cary Nicholas surveys (from the originals) made in...

Pen-and-ink on tracing linen, mounted on cloth. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), H217 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

The state of Virginia from the best authorities

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

Sample card - works at Wheeling, W. Virginia - works at Sandwich, Mass...

This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Bufford's (J.H.).

Tail Races - National parks scenic trails

In the historic period, a canal was constructed as a power supply for the factory operations. A series of tail races were constructed from the canal leading to the Potomac River. Evidence uncovered during arche... More

The Jefferson County Courthouse in Charles Town, West Virginia

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Replacing a more modest structure that dated back to 1803, it was built in 1836 on land donated by George Washington's brother, Charle... More

YOUNT_HARTZOG_2011 Lisa_Hendy_1804, National Parks gallery

HFC-Office of Communications , YOUNT HARTZOG Public domain photograph related to US National Parks, Nature, conservation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mortal Enemies - National Parks Gallery

The rift between Hamilton and Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson led to the resignation of both from office (Hamilton's in 1795). Although no longer in office, he remained a viable political force, particularl... More

Virginia - Vintage map, Norman B. Leventhal Collection

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

Map of Frederick, Berkeley, & Jefferson counties in the state of Virgi...

Relief shown by hachures. Shows names of some residents. Accompanied by photocopy of text: Topographical description of the counties of Frederick, Berkeley & Jefferson : situated in the state of Virginia, in wh... More

Figured flask, 19th century - Public domain dedication photo

A green glass bottle, ca, North America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Coverlet, Virginia Beauty pattern with Pine-tree border

Public domain photograph of 3d object, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Mr. Buchanan's statement. Extract from Gen. Jackson's second letter .....

Imprint 3. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 189, Folder 4.

A map of the state of Virginia : reduced from the nine sheet map of th...

Covers also Washington, D.C., West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and southern Pennsylvania. Relief shown by hachures. "Entered according to Act of Congress, the 31st day of October 1827 by W.B. Giles, Governor ... More

A worker emerges from the deadly tunnel.

As the men drilled and blasted a tunnel through the mountain, they drilled through rock that contained high levels of silica. The dry drilling technique that was used released large amounts of silica dust into ... More

Map of the location of part of the North-Western Turnpike Road /

Shows road from Winchester westward to the Cheat River in Preston County, West Virginia. Relief shown by hachures. "This copy made by Fr. Koch, Richmond, Va. Jan. 27th 1862." Pen-and-ink, pencil and watercolor ... More

Map of the routes examined and surveyed for the Winchester and Potomac...

Topographic map surveyed in strips along the railroad routes. Shows property owners and covers an area between the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers to Winchester. Includes table showing "a summary of the routes su... More

Rolling Mill, National Parks gallery

During the Armory era, the former hydroelectric plant was known as the Rolling Mill. After that, it was the Harpers Ferry Paper Company. The structure, which sits on a foundation that originally dates to the 18... More

The tourist's pocket map of the state of Virginia : exhibiting its int...

Relief shown by hachures. "Longitude west of Washington." Includes lists of steamboat and stagecoach routes, and indexed inset of the District of Columbia. Virginia 1830 census information on inside front cover... More

Three Women at Nuttallburg - Public Domain image, National Parks Galle...

Nuttallburg residents: Three women at Nuttallburg in 1835

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More

Map of Berk[eley] County, Virginia /

Relief shown by hachures. Shows the names of some residents. Title partially obscured. Sun print. LC Land ownership maps, 1380 In top right corner: No. 12. Includes inset of "Plat of Martinsburg" and table of s... More

Lockwood House at Camp Hill - Public Domain image, National Parks Gall...

The Lockwood House, also known as the former armory paymaster's quarters, was built in 1848. Classes at Storer College began on October 2, 1867 with 19 students in this building.

Charles Town, showing rear of courthouse, Charles Town, West Virginia.

Shows rear of courthouse where John Brown was tried. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Copy photo of a picture loaned by Glenna Bailey, showing her friend An...

Absalom Pettry's parents were Jacob and Celia Pettry, founding settlers on Hazy Creek who held property there in the 1850s. Angeline was an old woman when Glenna was a little girl in the 1940s. Event: Historic photo.

Map of the property of the Western Mining & Manufacturing Co. situate ...

Shows the names of some residents. Date taken from LC jacket note. Oriented with north toward bottom. Copy imperfect: Very brittle, losses along edges. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as... More

Manassas National Battlefield Before Treatment

Saint-Mémin (1770-1852) was a major portrait artist in Federalist America from 1796 – 1812. During his career in the United States he traveled to major cities along the east coast advertising and selling his w... More

Map of the Virginia Central Rail Road showing the connection between t...

Map of Virginia and parts of adjacent states showing drainage, county boundaries, place names and "McAdamised" roads. Scale ca. 1:1,250,000. Tables at lower left of map list "Counties bordering on the Central R... More

Map of the proposed line of Rail Road connection between tide water Vi...

Scale ca. 1:625,000. LC Railroad maps, 81 Description derived from published bibliography. Annotations added in pencil and colored inks to indicate "Railroads tending to Richmond, Norfolk Alexandria and Baltimo... More

Map of Hancock County Virginia, 1852.

Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. LC Copy 2 imperfect: damaged, includes pen annotation "West."

Map of Jefferson County, Virginia / - Public domain map

Shows Jefferson County before the formation of West Virginia in 1863. Relief shown with hachures. Oriented with north at upper right. "Entered according to act of Congress in ... 1852 by S. Howell Brown in ... ... More

Figured flask, 19th century - Public domain dedication photo

A blue glass bottle with a statue on it, North America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hillsborough & Cincinnati Railroad map extending from Jackson, Jackson...

Topographic strip map indicating drainage, relief by hachures, roads, houses, property owners names, and county names. This line was chartered in Ohio, March 2, 1846. It was purchased by the Baltimore and Ohio ... More

Honorable Peter Godwin Van Winkle of West Virginia

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Honorable Peter Godwin Van Winkle of West Virginia

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans; 1954. Gene... More

Honorable Kellian Virginian Rensalear Whaley of Virginia & W.Virginia

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Honorable Kellian Virginian Rensalear Whaley of Virginia & W.Virginia

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Honorable Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley of Virginia & West Virginia

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. During the Civil Warrecruited several regiments for the Union Army. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photogra... More

Honorable K. Van R. Whaley of Virginia and West Virginia

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans; 1954. Gene... More

Map of the Manassas Gap Railroad and its extensions; September, 1855.

Topographical map of part of northern Virginia showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, counties, roads, and railroads with distances. Includes profiles. Chartered March 11, 1850. Opened in 1854 ... More

Honorable Peter Godwin Van Winkle of West Virginia

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More

Alfred Beckley's Private Memorandum Book, 1856-1865, including "Statem...

The son of John Beckley, the first clerk of the House of Representatives under George Washington, Alfred Beckley is widely recognized as the founder of Raleigh County. The man for whom the county seat of Beckle... More

A new map of the state of Virginia : exhibiting its internal improveme...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

Revolutionary War-themed mural inside the Greenbrier Historic Resort H...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. For most of its history, the hotel was owned by the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway and its successors, including the CSX Corporation. Follo... More

Elegant sconce inside the Greenbrier Historic Resort Hotel, built in 1...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. For most of its history, the hotel was owned by the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway and its successors, including the CSX Corporation. Follo... More

John Brown ascending the scaffold preparatory to being hanged / from a...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 9, no. 211 (1859 Dec. 17), p. [33].

Harper's Ferry insurrection - Interior of the Engine-House, just befor...

Men shot and bleeding, John Brown and others with rifle and pikes, and hostages inside the engine house of the Harpers Ferry Armory. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 8, no. 205 (1859 Nov. 5), p. 359.

George Sennott telegram to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harper's Ferry ...

Orders him to stop Mrs. [Mary Anne (Day)] Brown. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The Execution of Cook and Coppock ... [Charlestown, W. Va., Dec. 17, 1...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 9, no. 212 (1859 Dec. 24), pp. 56-57. Caption card tracings: U.S. History 1859; West Virginia Cha... More

George Sennott telegram to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Harper's Ferry ...

Orders him to stop Mrs. [Mary Anne (Day)] Brown. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The Ohio River near Wheeling, West Virginia

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The Ohio River near Wheeling, West Virginia, Boston, Massachusetts

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Harper's Ferry insurrection - burying the dead insurgents

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1859 Nov. 5, p. 351.

The execution of John Brown, in a stubble field, near Charleston, [W.]...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 9, no. 210 (1859 Dec. 10), pp. 24-25. Caption card tracings: P&P Case; US Hist.; BI; Shelf.

John Brown autograph letter signed to Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Char...

Thanks Higginson for visiting and aiding his family. Hears he has sent $25 and a bundle of papers. Printed in part in O. G. Villard, John Brown, p. 543-4. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

The Harper's Ferry insurrection--The U.S. Marines storming the engine ...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 8, no. 204 (1859 Oct. 29), p. 342.

John Brown riding on his coffin to the place of execution [Charlestow...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, vol. 9, no. 211 (1859 Dec. 17), p. 36. Wood engraving by Arthur Berghaus. Caption card tracings: A/P/P... More

Hon James Clark McGrew of West Virginia.

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

S.W. Snider, 4th W.Va. Cavalry., American Civil War Photograph, Glass ...

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Map of Loudoun County, Va., and parts of Fairfax County, Va., Jeffers...

Public domain scan of a vintage map, city plan, atlas, cartoghraphy, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

[Map of the Shenandoah Valley, from Front Royal and Middletown to Stau...

Honorable Chester Dorman Hubbard of West Virginia.

A black and white photo of a man sitting in a chair. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General B.F. Kelley, Colonel 1st W.Va. USA

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arnold Bailey, of Bailey Mountain, with a baby

Event: Historic photo. Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description