Harpers Ferry Map 1944 — Framed USGS Appalachian Trail Print

Which finish

The same print, five ways

Prices are for the size you have chosen above — change the size and these change with it. Tap one to choose it.

Framed and canvas arrive ready to hang. Paper arrives as the print alone — if you are framing it yourself, measure the print size, not the framed size quoted in the picker. Every finish is the same restored file at the same resolution: the finish changes what the print is mounted on, never the image.

The story of this map

Harpers Ferry is where the Appalachian Trail Conservancy keeps its headquarters and where thru-hikers stop to have their photograph taken, and it is the most dramatic piece of geography on the whole trail: two rivers meeting head-on at a gap in the Blue Ridge, with three states meeting in the same water.

This 1944 War Department sheet draws it beautifully. The Potomac comes in from the west and the Shenandoah from the south, both in heavy blue, and the town sits on the wedge of rock between them with its streets, the B&O line and Storer College all mapped. The Appalachian Trail is drawn as a dashed line and labelled where it climbs out of the town onto Loudoun Heights.

Because the rivers dominate the sheet, this is the most immediately readable print in the set — you do not need to know how to read contours to see what is happening.

We print it as a restored reproduction in our Framed Topographic Maps collection.

Before and after

Left: the archive scan exactly as published. Right: the file that goes to the printer.

Harpers Ferry Topographic Map, 1944: archive scan compared with the restored print

Archive scanRestored

Restoration notes

Scanner margins squared up, colour cast and levels balanced while keeping the warm tone of the paper, dust and specks removed, gentle sharpening. No contour, name or symbol is redrawn, and nothing is added that the surveyors did not print.

About this particular sheet. These sheets are scans of the Survey's own file copies. Small archive stamps, pencilled accession numbers and, on older sheets, the creases of having been folded, sit in the paper margins outside the map itself. They are part of the sheet's history and we print them as they are rather than paint them out.

Every print carries its archive credit on the packing slip. Paper tone and small imperfections of the original are kept on purpose; nothing is redrawn.

Questions

Is this an original antique map?

No. It is a new archival print made from a restored high-resolution scan of the 1944 sheet held in the US Geological Survey's Historical Topographic Map Collection. We never sell originals.

Is the Appalachian Trail marked on this map?

Yes. The trail is drawn on this sheet as a dashed line and labelled in the Survey's spaced capitals; we checked it at full resolution rather than assuming it from the date.

What ground does the sheet cover?

The Harpers Ferry, West Virginia quadrangle at 1:31,680. Named on it: Harpers Ferry, Loudoun Heights.

How large can I print it?

Up to 24 × 36 inches. Every size we offer is checked against the restored file itself, so the largest size listed is one this scan genuinely supports at 200 dpi or better — we do not upscale.

Does it come framed?

Yes, if you choose a framed option. Prints are made to order on archival matte paper and framed in black, white or oak in or near the country of delivery; unframed paper and canvas are also available.

Colours vary between screens and paper. The tone you see here is a close match to the archival matte print; framed prints have no glass glare in these previews.

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Size	Metric	Best for
12×16 in	30×41 cm	Desk, shelf, small wall, gallery groupings
12×18 in	30×46 cm	Desk, shelf, small wall, gallery groupings
16×20 in	41×51 cm	Above a desk or console, hallway, bedroom
16×24 in	41×61 cm	Above a desk or console, hallway, bedroom
18×24 in	46×61 cm	Above a desk or console, hallway, bedroom
20×30 in	51×76 cm	Over a sofa or bed, statement wall, office
24×30 in	61×76 cm	Over a sofa or bed, statement wall, office
24×32 in	61×81 cm	Over a sofa or bed, statement wall, office
24×36 in	61×91 cm	Over a sofa or bed, statement wall, office

Harpers Ferry Topographic Map, 1944

The same print, five ways

Before and after

Restoration notes

Add a second print and take 10% off the cheaper framed one