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July 4th 1776 patriotic greeting postcard with flags – Historic Print

July 4th 1776 patriotic greeting postcard with flags — vintage postcard
July 4th 1776 patriotic greeting postcard with flags. Vintage postcard from the Patriotic collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

Description

Step back in time with July 4th 1776 patriotic greeting postcard with flags, a vintage postcard rich in period detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.

Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.

July 4th 1776 patriotic greeting postcard with flags

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Patriotic greeting cards like this one, bearing the date July 4, 1776, were mostly produced in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when American holidays were becoming popular subjects for commercial postcards. The card's stars and striped flags were a deliberate nod to the national symbols adopted in the Revolutionary era, so the date works as a sentimental link to the Declaration of Independence rather than a record of anything that happened that day. Collectors often prize such cards for their bright chromolithographed colors and for the way they show how Americans marked Independence Day as a family and civic occasion.

Original scan954 × 618 px
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