Spirit of '76 parade – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This historic photograph of Spirit of '76 parade brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Spirit of '76 parade
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The title points to the *Spirit of '76*, the famous image based on Archibald Willard's 1876 painting of a fife player and drummers marching to war, which became a favorite theme for patriotic processions. This glass negative belongs to the George Grantham Bain Collection, the files of the Bain News Service, which distributed photographs from New York to newspapers in the early twentieth century. The record does not give a date or location, and the title comes from the service's caption information, which has not been independently verified. Even so, it suggests a Revolutionary-themed pageant, a kind of civic display that was common around patriotic anniversaries.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch five loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 3,328 × 4,828 px · prints to 11 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-26026 |
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