Summary: | Star-Spangled Banner, Baltimore, Maryland, circa 1981-2000. Includes images of Fort McHenry and its bombardment during the War of 1812, and the "Flag House" of Baltimore. Caption reads: "The Star-Spangled Banner is an account of the emotions experienced by Francis Scott Key as he witnessed the attack on Fort McHenry during the War of 1812. Key was inspired when he saw the flag, sewn at the Flag House in Baltimore by Mary Pickersgill, still flying over the fort at dawn after a long bombardment by the British fleet." Postcard number: 2US MD 162. |
Creator: | John Hinde Curteich Inc. |
Provider: | D. Traub & Son |
Century: | 1901-2000 |
Printing place: | Europe |
Ireland |
Place of origin – Continent: | North America |
Place of origin – Country: | United States of America |
Place of origin – Region: | Maryland |
Place of origin – Settlement: | Baltimore |
Temporal subject: |
1981-1990
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1991-2000
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Geographical subject – Continent: | North America |
Geographical subject – Country: | United States of America |
Geographical subject – Region: | Maryland |
Geographical subject – Settlement: | Baltimore |
Topical subjects: | Galleries & museums |
Forts & fortifications |
Fort McHenry (Baltimore, Md.) |
United States -- History -- War of 1812 |
Genre: | Postcards |
ArchivesUM location: | National Trust Library Postcard Collection |
Repository: | National Trust for Historic Preservation Library Collection |
Browse terms: | Architecture, Landscape, Historic Places |
War, Military |
Copyright holder: | Unknown |
Collection: | National Trust Library Historic Postcard Collection |
Collection may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the University of Maryland Libraries at http://www.lib.umd.edu/NTL/queries.html. |