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Postcard: West Virginia: Charleston, Jail

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Postcard: West Virginia: Charleston, Jail

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Item Information

Title Postcard: West Virginia: Charleston, Jail
Publisher National Tribune
Date 1909
Time Period 20th century
Description Postcard featuring an image of the exterior of the jail in Charleston, West Virginia. Caption: "Charlestown is the county seat of Jefferson County, West Virginia (then Virginia), and on the Shenandoah Branch of the Baltimore & Ohio, about 10 miles southwest of Harper's Ferry. In 1859 it had a population of less than 1,500, about one-third of whom were colored. It is surrounded by a fertile and beautiful country. The jail in which John Brown was confined and from which he was taken to execution has been rebuilt and modernized."
General Subject Area Crime
Extent 1 postcard
Institution Kent State University
Repository Special Collections and Archives
Finding aid title Finding Aid for the Prison Postcards collection
Access Rights This digital object is owned by Kent State University and may be protected by U.S. Copyright law (Title 17, USC). Please include proper citation and credit for use of this item. Use in publications or productions is prohibited without written permission from Kent State University. Please contact the Department of Special Collections and Archives for more information.
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Format of Original postcard
Subject Brown, John, 1800-1859
Jails, Prisons
Provenance Prison Postcards collection
Genre/Format postcards
Geographical Location United States. West Virginia

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