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Featherstonhaugh Collection : photographs relating to John Brown, his relatives and contemporaries, and Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Call No.: LOT 5910 (H)
BOX 1 Court house, Charles Town
Call No.: LOT 5910, no. 1 (H)
Extent: 1 black and white photographic print on cabinet card
Note: Imprinted: "McClung, Charlestown [i.e. Charles Town], W. Va."
Street view showing side and front of courthouse with four Doric columned portico and small tower. Three men stand at left; two men stand inside gate at right.
BOX 1 Jail, Charlestown [i.e. Charles Town], W. Va.
Call No.: LOT 5910, no. 2 (H)
Extent: 1 black and white photographic print, mounted
Creator: McIune, C. L.
Orientation: Horizontal shot
Close view of two-story brick building with Italianate cornices and portico. Part of iron fence visible lower left.
Larger size image housed individually within collection; others are smaller size, two to a sheet.
BOX 1 [Jason Brown, John Brown Jr., and Owen Brown at brother Jason Brown's "Mountain Home," north of Pasadena, California]
Call No.: LOT 5910, no. 3 (H)
Extent: 1 black and white photographic print, mounted
On verso: This picture was taken at my brother's mountain home seven years ago. Please accept this from your friend Ruth Brown Thompson. Owen died January 8, 1889.
On verso: Clipping beginning: "John Brown, Jr., was born July 25th, 1821, at Hudson, Ohio..."
Orientation: Horizontal shot
Small board-and-batten cabin set in treeless hills. Three older men with white beards and hats stand in front, along with two dark cows, a calf, and seven goats.
Larger size image housed individually within collection; others are smaller size, two to a sheet.
BOX 1 Execution of Brown, who is coming down the steps of the jail.
Call No.: LOT 5910, no. 4 (H)
Extent: 1 black and white photographic print, mounted
Creator: McIune, C. L.
Orientation: Horizontal shot
Note: Made of woodcut engraving from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Dec. 17, 1859.
Crowd and formations of men on horses in street in front of two-story brick building with porch on right. Three men are on porch and steps; center one [?] is Brown. Carriage in street in center; officer on prancing horse at left. Top of original page is creased, and also broken at top center.
Larger size image housed individually within collection; others are smaller size, two to a sheet.
BOX 1 John Brown birthplace, Torrington, Conn.
Call No.: LOT 5910, no. 5 (H)
Extent: 1 black and white photographic print, mounted
Exterior view of three-bay frame house with center chimney, showing front and right side. Tree at right.
BOX 1 John Brown's birthplace & the tenants, 1900 [Torrington, Connecticut]
Call No.: LOT 5910, no. 6 (H)
Extent: 1 black and white photographic print, mounted
Orientation: Horizontal shot
Close view of frame house; top not visible. Clustered around open doorway with horseshoe above it are three African American women standing with seven children, four dogs and a seated African American man in a cap.
Larger size image housed individually within collection; others are smaller size, two to a sheet.
BOX 1 John Brown arraigned before the court of Charleston [i.e. Charles Town, West Virginia].
Call No.: LOT 5910, no. 7 (H)
Extent: 1 black and white photographic copy print of a drawing, mounted
Note: Original drawing signed "J.E. Taylor, 1899."
Note: Signed on bottom: "To Dr. Thomas Featherstonhaugh with compliments, James E. Taylor."
Nine men seated around table; three sit at lower left with backs to viewer watching proceedings. At center right Brown stands facing left in profile with outstretched hand, while being held by two men. A hat sits on a cot behind him. The interior of the court is filled with seated and standing men.
Larger size image housed individually within collection; others are smaller size, two to a sheet.
BOX 1 [Family (?) of John Brown grouped around his gravesite in North Elba, New York]
Call No.: LOT 5910, no. 8 (H)
Extent: 1 black and white photographic print
Note: Signed at bottom: "Katherine E. McClellan."
Eight men stand posed in row in front of wreath on ground in family cemetery of North Elba. Large boulder stands at right. Two older men with long white beards are at left; one with a cane. A younger beardless man stands just behind them.
Larger size image housed individually within collection; others are smaller size, two to a sheet.
BOX 1 Benediction of funeral of John Brown's men, Aug. 30, 1890.
Call No.: LOT 5910, no. 9 (H)
Extent: 1 black and white photographic print
Orientation: Horizontal shot
Note: Signed at bottom: "Katherine E. McClellan."
Large group of people around a decorated casket on ground. Three umbrellas raised in background. A woman's face is visible at left. A portly bearded man in hat stands at right holding a piece of paper in his left hand.
Larger size image housed individually within collection; others are smaller size, two to a sheet.
BOX 1 [Engine house used by John Brown, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia]
Call No.: LOT 5910, no. 10 (H)
Extent: 1 black and white photographic print, mounted
Orientation: Horizontal shot
Note: Imprinted at bottom: Russell & Co., No. 5 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, Md.
Close view of brick engine house with artillery gun at left. Three men and a boy stand in front. Photoprint appears to have a gray square shadow just in front of gun.
Larger size image housed individually within collection; others are smaller size, two to a sheet.
BOX 1 [Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, from heights near Storer College, looking east and showing B&O Railroad bridge at left over Potomac River, and another railroad bridge, now gone, at right over Shenandoah River. Two cattle graze in foreground.]
Call No.: LOT 5910, no. 11 (H)
Extent: 1 black and white photographic print
Creator: Russell, W.C.
Orientation: Horizontal shot
Note: Photographer information from catalog card.
Larger size image housed individually within collection; others are smaller size, two to a sheet.
BOX 1 H[...] G. McClellan [farm near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia?]
Call No.: LOT 5910, no. 12 (H)
Extent: 1 photographic print, brown-toned
Landscape showing two rows of fences in foreground, mountains in background. In center under a U.S. flag, is a frame farm house with outbuildings. Barn is at left.
BOX 1 Engine house, Harpers Ferry.
Call No.: LOT 5910, no. 13 (H)
Extent: 1 black and white photographic print, mounted
On verso: The building to which Brown retreated when pressed by the militia.
Note: Signed at lower right: 7.7. Photograph.
Street view. Brick building with cupola at left, marked "John Brown's fort." artillery gun behind stone gatepost. Stables at right rear.
BOX 1 [Harpers Ferry]
Call No.: LOT 5910, no. 14 (H)
Extent: 1 black and white photographic print, mounted
View of Harpers Ferry from west, showing B&O railroad bridge over Potomac River in center, ca. 1900's.
BOX 1 Wm. G. Goodridge House, East Philadelphia St., York Pa. In trunk of which Osborne P. Anderson was hidden after John Brown jailed. He was later hidden in 3rd story of his Center Square Building.
Call No.: LOT 5910, no. 15 (H)
Extent: 1 black and white photographic print, mounted
Street view of Georgian brick townhouse with dormer windows. No pedestrians or vehicles.
BOX 1 John H. Kagi. Killed.
Call No.: LOT 5910, no. 16 (H)
Extent: 1 black and white photographic copy print of a drawing, mounted
Note: John Henry Kagi, born March 15, 1843, in Bristol, Trumbull County, Ohio. ... Was adjutant, next in command to John Brown. Slain at Harpers Ferry. [The John Brown Reader, pg. 35]
Head-and-shoulders studio portrait, framed in oval, of a beardless young man facing very slightly to right, and wearing a round badge or device on his left lapel.
Larger size image housed individually within collection; others are smaller size, two to a sheet.
BOX 1 [Mary E. Thompson], granddaughter of J. Brown.
Call No.: LOT 5910, no. 17 (H)
Extent: 1 black and white photographic print on cabinet card
Note: Imprinted "Crandall, Pasadena, Cal." [C.J. Crandall; see no. 49]
Head-and-shoulders portrait photograph, facing right, looking over shoulder, slightly smiling, hair pulled back in a twist.
BOX 1 Watson Brown. Shot.
Call No.: LOT 5910, no. 18 (H)
Extent: 1 black and white photographic print, mounted
Note: "Watson Brown, 24, killed" [Harpers Ferry. West Virginia, pg. 8]
Head-and-shoulders portrait photograph, wearing Van Dyke beard, vest and floppy tie, facing slightly left, framed in oval.
BOX 1 J.E.R. Daingerfield, one of Brown's prisoners.
Call No.: LOT 5910, no. 19 (H)
Extent: 1 black and white photographic print, mounted
On verso: John E.R. Daingerfield, paymaster, one of the prisoners in the engine house.
Note: On shelflist card: Taken by John Brown, ca. 1860.
Head-and-shoulders portrait photograph, wearing beard, facing slightly left, framed in oval.
BOX 1 Thomas Alstadt, one of Brown's prisoners. [ca. 1860]
Call No.: LOT 5910, no. 20 (H)
Extent: 1 black and white photographic print, mounted
Head-and-shoulders portrait photograph, wearing mustache and goatee, checked jacket, facing left, framed in oval
BOX 1 Col. Lewis W. Washington, one of the prisoners, a great Grand Nephew of Gen. Washington.
Call No.: LOT 5910, no. 21 (H)
Extent: 1 black and white photographic print, mounted
Head-and-shoulders portrait photograph, facing right, wearing walrus mustache; black tie; photo cropped at bottom in a semi-circle.
BOX 1 Saml. Chilton of Brown's Counsel. [ca. 1860]
Call No.: LOT 5910, no. 22 (H)
Extent: 1 black and white photographic print, mounted
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