#potomac river

A collection of photographs of Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia), and the Potomac River taken between 1859 and 1861. These are some of the earliest photographs taken in Harpers Ferry. The photos were published by Edward Anthony and the New York Stereoscopic Company.

Great Falls, Virginia

A Girl Scout in a canoe, picking trash out of the Potomac River during the first-ever Earth Week in 1970.

See more photos of the 1970 Earth Day here.

(Photo: Library of Congress)