Spirit of '76 Yankee Doodle - American Revolution Drummers Fife Bearer - Postcard SP24

Colourful lithograph postcard depicting the iconic "Spirit of '76" (Yankee Doodle) scene — three Revolutionary War figures marching in procession: two drummers and a fife player bearing an early American flag, with fallen soldiers in the foreground.

Scene Details:

• Three-figure composition: elderly white-haired drummer centre, young drummer left, wounded fife player right carrying flag
• Early American stars-and-stripes flag visible upper right
• Fallen soldier and broken wagon wheel in foreground
• Olive/ochre battlefield background
• Vibrant chromolithograph colour printing typical of early 1900s

Postal Markings:

• Publisher: Boston, Mass. & Germany (monogram "BC&Co." cartouche, upper left back)
• Machine cancel: Boston, MA — Sep 24, 2:30 PM, 1901
• Stamp: U.S. 1¢ green Benjamin Franklin stamp
• Addressed to: Mr. G.D. Neapolls(?), Seaforth, Halifax, N.S.
• Message (H.S. Craig): "Dear George, We will send you this from Boston — we are having a gay old time this — was card — it is very warm up here and we feel it so much. W.S. Craig"

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