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Battlefield at Brandywine – Vintage Print

Battlefield at Brandywine, [1892?] — historic photograph
Battlefield at Brandywine, [1892?]. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company 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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A window into the past: Battlefield at Brandywine, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Few places in Pennsylvania carry as much Revolutionary War history as Brandywine Creek, where George Washington's Continental Army fought British forces under William Howe on September 11, 1777, a defeat that opened the road to Philadelphia. This view, titled *Battlefield at Brandywine*, centers on the creek itself and comes from the Detroit Publishing Company's large glass-negative series. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad commissioned the work, and such views were likely meant to draw rail travelers to historic sites. The record dates the negative only tentatively to around 1892, so the exact year remains uncertain.

Created / published[1892?]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 18 x 22 in.
GenreMammoth plates.Glass negatives.
Notes226" on negative. Commissioned by Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 01876. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsStreams.United States--Pennsylvania--Brandywine Creek.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 791 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-79974

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