Ringing out liberty, July 8, 1776, Philadelphia, home city of the Pennsylvania Railroad – Vintage Print
(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.)
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Ringing out liberty, July 8, 1776, Philadelphia, home city of the Pennsylvania Railroad comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Ringing out liberty, July 8, 1776, Philadelphia, home city of the Pennsylvania Railroad
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Ringing out liberty shows the Liberty Bell and the State House in Philadelphia on July 8, 1776, the day the Declaration of Independence was read aloud to crowds in the city. The bell's ringing that day is a long-told tradition rather than a firmly documented event, but it has become the enduring image of the moment. Printed around 1931 as an advertisement for the Pennsylvania Railroad, the poster drew on Philadelphia's history to promote travel to the city. N.C. Wyeth, a noted illustrator of American historical scenes, created the color design, which shows how railroad advertising of the period turned patriotic history into an appeal to passengers.
| Created / published | c1931. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Notes | K 14523 U.S. Copyright Office Color offset by Newell Ckonvers Wyeth. Copyright not renewed 1959. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,043 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-173024 |
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