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[Betsy Ross House, Philadelphia, Pa.] – Vintage Wall Art

[Betsy Ross House, Philadelphia, Pa.], [between 1895 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Betsy Ross House, Philadelphia, Pa.], [between 1895 and 1910]. Historic photograph from the Philadelphia collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few buildings in Philadelphia drew as many tourists by the turn of the twentieth century as the small brick house on Arch Street where Betsy Ross, a local upholsterer, is said to have sewn an early American flag. Family tradition credits her with the design, a claim historians still debate. This 8 x 10 inch glass negative, made by the Detroit Publishing Company between about 1895 and 1910, records the house as visitors of that era would have seen it, with the horse-drawn carts and wagons common on the city's streets.

Created / published[between 1895 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. X 17 extra" and "18" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 032190. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsRoss, Betsy Griscom,--1752-1836--Homes & haunts. Dwellings. Commercial facilities. Carts & wagons.United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 796 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-65846

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