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A postcard sent to the Kansas Historical Society in 1908. It is artwork of John Brown's residence on Kennedy Farm, in Maryland Heights, West Virginia. This view of the farm is described as "just before Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859."
Creator: Erwin, W. L.
Date: 1859
Item Number: 208863
Call Number: B Brown, John *52
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 208863
Agriculture - Livestock - Cattle
Agriculture - Structures - Barns
Agriculture - Structures - Fences
Built Environment - Function - Agriculture/Subsistence
Built Environment - Function - Domestic - Single Dwelling
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1854-1860 - 1859
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery - Abolition - Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Home and Family - Residences
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Postcard
People - Notable Kansans - Brown, John, 1800-1859
Places - Other States - West Virginia
Type of Material - Postcards
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