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Museum display of Barbara Fritchie confronting a Confederate soldier, circa 1951-1990

1951-1990 ‧ Print ‧ color ‧ Jump to full details ‧ Request from Special Collections

Alternate title:Barbara Fritchie, 1766-1862
Summary:Museum display of Barbara Fritchie confronting a Confederate soldier, circa 1951-1990. Caption on back reads: "Here is shown 'Stonewall' Jackson stopping one of his men from firing at this staunch Union patriot's defiance of his troops as they marched through Frederick, Maryland. She was the subject of a poem by Whittier containing these words: 'Shoot if you must this old gray head, but spare your country's flag,' she said." Postcard number: C16215.
Provider:Gatlinburg Souvenir Center, Incorporated
Mike Roberts Color Productions
Century:1901-2000
Printing place:North America
United States of America
California
Berkeley
Place of origin – Continent:North America
Place of origin – Country:United States of America
Place of origin – Region:Tennessee
Place of origin – Settlement:Gatlinburg
Temporal subject: 1951-1960
1961-1970
1971-1980
1981-1990
Geographical subject – Continent:North America
Geographical subject – Country:United States of America
Geographical subject – Region:Maryland
Geographical subject – Settlement:Frederick
Topical subjects:United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Fritchie, Barbara, 1766-1862
Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863
Galleries & museums
Genre:Postcards
ArchivesUM location:Institute of American Deltiology postcard collection
Repository:National Trust for Historic Preservation Library Collection
Browse terms:Architecture, Landscape, Historic Places
War, Military
Collection:National Trust Library Historic Postcard Collection
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