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Description: Views, mostly reproductions, of and about abolitionist John Brown as depicted in photographs, drawings, etchings, newspaper clippings and announcements dated approximately between 1850 and 1859. Collection includes half-length portraits of Brown; images of his wife, mother, father and sons; artist's renditions of the Harper's Ferry Insurrection, Brown's trial and Brown right before hanging; buildings related to Brown including homes, a tannery and a fort; views of his grave and a memorial in North Elba; views of areas in Tabor, Iowa and battlefields in Iowa; and reproductions of newspaper clippings, broadsides and a declaration of liberty written by Brown's son Owen.
Dates / Origin: Date Created: 1960 - 1989 (Questionable)
Library locations: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division; Shelf locator: Sc Photo Brown, John
Topics: Brown, John, 1800-1859; Abolitionists -- United States
Genres: Portraits; Illustrations; Broadsides
Notes: Content: Some images are duplicates; some contain captions and written descriptive information; some have been reproduced from the collection at the Library of Congress.
Type of Resource: Still image
Identifiers: NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11487134; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c25f6ff0-c603-012f-2e37-58d385a7bc34

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