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[Molly Pitcher firing cannon at Battle of Monmouth] / E. Percy Moran. – Historic Reproduction

[Molly Pitcher firing cannon at Battle of Monmouth] / E. Percy Moran., c1911. — historic print
[Molly Pitcher firing cannon at Battle of Monmouth] / E. Percy Moran., c1911.. Historic print from the Family Life 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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Here a woman stands at a cannon during the Battle of Monmouth, fought near Freehold, New Jersey, on June 28, 1778. The figure is Molly Pitcher, a nickname for women who carried water to exhausted soldiers in the summer heat, and for the legend of one who took over a gun when her husband fell. Historians have long debated how much of that story is fact, since several women may have been blended into one figure. E. Percy Moran's scene, issued as a color halftone around 1911, reflects the period's appetite for patriotic episodes from the Revolution.

Created / publishedc1911.
Medium1 photomechanical print : halftone, color.
GenreHalftone photomechanical prints Color 1910-1920.
NotesK25715 U.S. Copyright Office.
SubjectsPitcher, Molly,--1754-1832. Monmouth, Battle of, Freehold, N.J., 1778.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,437 × 1,151 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-218811

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