Brandywine Boy
by Adrian R. Morrison

A poignant memoir describing the social history, adventures, friendships, and events that shaped the life of a boy growing up in the mid-twentieth century on a small farm in the Brandywine Valley, near Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. Brandywine Boy provides a glimpse of boyhood in simpler times, before the distractions of television, video games and social media. Growing […]

Map
of
Historical Chester County

$95 unframed, includes certificate of authentication. Map measures 24″ x 26″. Compiled by Christian C. Sanderson; Illustrated by Andrew Wyeth. This map is one of the original 1937 edition of 5,750 printed by Beck Engraving Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded in 1897 and inventor of the four-color lithographic process. The original pencil drawing hangs in […]

Plate, “The Hunter”
by Andrew Wyeth
Limited Edition, The Saturday Evening Post

Produced by Ridgewood Fine China in 1974 as a collector’s plate for The Saturday Evening Post. It features The Hunter, a 1943 painting by Andrew Wyeth that appeared on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post issue of October 16, 1943.  Chris posed as the hunter in this scene at Lafayette’s headquarters in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania,  The original […]

September 11, 1777: Washington’s Defeat at Brandywine Dooms Philadelphia
by Bruce Mowday

United States history almost changed on September 11, 1777, as George Washington almost dies. Washington’s army also almost ceased to exist. This is the first book on the historic American Revolution battle that was the main battle of the Philadelphia Campaign. This was Lafayette’s first battle and the Continental Congress fled Philadelphia after the battle.

The Christian Sanderson Museum
Tom Thompson Remembers
by Gene Pisasale

This museum, located in scenic Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania is dedicated to the memory of one man – Chris Sanderson, a musician, lecturer and historian who chronicled our heritage. Upon Chris’s death, his friend Tom Thompson was given the task of sorting through the more than 18,000 artifacts in Chris’s collection. Thompson along with Andrew Wyeth […]