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| Resource Identifier | cc-pc1396 |
| Title | Foot Bridge and B.&O. R. R. Bridges, Crossing Brandywine Creek, Wilmington, Delaware |
| Creator | Unknown |
| Contributor | Post Card Distributing Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
| Subject | Railroad bridges |
| Topic (subject) | Landscape & Nature |
| Location | United States -- Delaware -- New Castle county -- Wilmington |
| Description | Postcard depicting view of foot bridge and railroad bridge. |
| Publisher | Corbit-Calloway Memorial Library |
| Date (Digital) | 2011-06-27 |
| Date (Original) | 1918 |
| Type | Still Image |
| Contributing Institution | Corbit-Calloway Memorial Library |
| Collection | Wilmington - Adm. Dupont to Market St. Bridge |
| Rights Management | This digital image may be used for educational uses, as long as it is not altered in any way. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the images from the Corbit-Calloway Memorial Library collection. |
| Transcript | Brandywine Creek empties into Christiana Creek at Wilmington. Here, September 11, 1777, was fought a severe battle between the British and German troops, 18,000 strong, under Howe and the Americans numbering 13,000 men were under Washington, in which the latter were defeated. The consequence of this battle was the occupation of Philadelphia by the British troops. |
| Subject (LCSH) | Brandywine Creek (Pa. and Del.) |
| Corporate Name | Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company |
| Original Format | Postcards |
| Digital Collection | Corbit-Calloway Memorial Library |
| Contact Information | P.O. Box 128 Odessa, DE 19730 302-378-8838 http://corbitlibrary.org |
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| Resource Identifier | cc-pc1396a |
| Title | Foot Bridge and B.&O. R. R. Bridges, Crossing Brandywine Creek, Wilmington, Delaware |
| Creator | Unknown |
| Contributor | Post Card Distributing Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
| Subject | Railroad bridges |
| Topic (subject) | Landscape & Nature |
| Location | United States -- Delaware -- New Castle county -- Wilmington |
| Description | Postcard depicting view of foot bridge and railroad bridge. |
| Publisher | Corbit-Calloway Memorial Library |
| Date (Digital) | 2011-06-27 |
| Date (Original) | 1918 |
| Type | Still Image |
| Contributing Institution | Corbit-Calloway Memorial Library |
| Collection | Wilmington - Adm. Dupont to Market St. Bridge |
| Rights Management | This digital image may be used for educational uses, as long as it is not altered in any way. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the images from the Corbit-Calloway Memorial Library collection. |
| Original Format | Postcards |
| Digital Collection | Corbit-Calloway Memorial Library |
| Contact Information | P.O. Box 128 Odessa, DE 19730 302-378-8838 http://corbitlibrary.org |
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