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Independence Day postcard with firecrackers, location unknown, undated

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1908

Location Note

Postcards

GUSN

GUSN-190786

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Description

Full color postcard featuring a painting by the International Art Publishing Company of firecrackers on a red, white and blue background. The greeting reads "Three cheers for the red, white and blue!"

Details

Descriptive Terms

Independence Day
fireworks (explosive equipment)
patriotism
postcards
photographs

Physical Description

1 postcard

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Date of Acquisition

1925-05-01

Reference Code

PC001.03.02.TMP.004

Record Details

Originator

International Art Publishing Co. (Artist, Designer)

Material Type

postcards
photographs

Accruals Note

W.H.Bunting, The Camera's Coast: Historic Images of Ship and Shore in New England (Boston: Historic New England, 2006) pg. 90.

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Postcards

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