The Birthplace of our Flag, Betsy Ross House postcard – Antique Wall Art
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A window into the past: The Birthplace of our Flag, Betsy Ross House postcard, preserved in this vintage postcard. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
The Birthplace of our Flag, Betsy Ross House postcard
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The house on Arch Street in Philadelphia is the detail that sets this card apart: it shows the building traditionally linked to Betsy Ross, the upholsterer said to have sewn an early American flag. The family story holds that George Washington visited her there in June 1776 to ask for a design, though historians have never confirmed that account, and the flag itself is attributed to her mainly through oral tradition given decades later. Still, the site drew steady crowds through the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and cards like this one helped spread the legend. Note the wording on the card, which presents the house as a national landmark rather than as documented fact.
| Original scan | 803 × 1,264 px · prints to 3 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | Patriotic (205) |
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