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Saturday, March 10, 2012
CONTINENTAL ARMY MARCHING DOWN THE OLD BOWERY, NEW YORK, DRUMS, BY HOWARD PYLE
This genuine antique wood-cut engraving is titled "EVACUATION-DAY ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO--THE CONTINENTAL ARMY MARCHING DOWN THE OLD BOWERY, NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 25, 1783", published in "Harper's Weekly" November 1883. This dated engraving from the year of 1883 is a HUGE 17 x 21 inches in size with wide margins.
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