Tourist Photograph Album of Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C.

1895
Manuscript Collection #1304
Creator(s)
Unknown
Physical description
0.06 Cubic Feet, 1 archival box, consisting of a photograph album
Preferred Citation
Tourist 1895 Photograph Album of Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. (#1304), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA
Repository
ECU Manuscript Collection
Access
No restrictions

This photograph album documents the typical tourist sites in 1895 in Washington, D.C., Virginia, and West Virginia.


Biographical/historical information

The photographer of the pictures within the photograph album is unknown, and the pictures of individuals within the collection have not been identified.


Scope and arrangement

This photograph album documents the typical tourist sites in 1895 in Washington, D.C., Virginia, and West Virginia. , such as the White House, the Capitol Building, the Peterson House (where President Lincoln died), the Washington Monument, and the "new post office." Other photographs depict camping trips (with separate camps for men and women) and hiking in Virginia (Great Falls, Rock Creek, Colonial Beach), and at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. July Fourth celebrations and steamboats on the Potomac River are also depicted.


Administrative information
Source of acquisition

Purchased with state funds from Between the Covers

Copyright notice

Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.


Key terms
Topical
Camping--Virginia--Pictorial works
Camping--West Virginia--Pictorial works
Fourth of July--Pictorial works
Hiking--Virginia--Pictorial works
Hiking--West Virginia--Pictorial works
Steamboats--Virginia--Pictorial works
Places
Washington (D.C.)--Pictorial works

Container list
Box 1 Folder a Tourist Photograph Album, 1895