Description: Copper engraved portrait of Jervis Langdon (1809-1870), who was an Underground Railroad operator in Elmira, Chemung County, New York. The engraving was done by E.C. Williams and Bro. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03087
Subjects: Underground Railroad--New York; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Langdon, Jervis, 1809-1870
Places: Elmira (New York)
 

Description: John W. Jones (b. 1817) was a fugitive slave from Virginia who became an Underground Railroad agent in Elmira, New York. The original photograph was taken about 1850. This copy was sent to Wilbur H. Siebert by Susan L. Crane. Siebert (1866-1961) began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03088
Subjects: Underground Railroad--New York; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Elmira (New York)
 

Description: John W. Jones (b. 1817) was a fugitive slave from Virginia who became an Underground Railroad agent in Elmira, New York. This photograph, taken about 1890, was sent to Wilbur H. Siebert by Susan L. Crane. Siebert (1866-1961) began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03089
Subjects: Underground Railroad--New York; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights
Places: Elmira (New York)