The American fire works, on sale here / I. Horn, engraver. – Vintage Print
![The American fire works, on sale here / I. Horn, engraver., [Brooklyn, N.Y.] : Brooklyn Daily Times Print., c1872. — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/60/60e12c1ac7a3-L.webp)
(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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Step back in time with The American fire works, on sale here / I. Horn, engraver., an antique engraving rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The American fire works, on sale here / I. Horn, engraver.
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Its title sets it apart from the other patriotic images here: "The American fire works, on sale here" presents fireworks as goods for sale, not only as a holiday spectacle. Engraved by I. Horn and printed by the Brooklyn Daily Times around 1872, it is a color wood engraving, a process in which printers added color to a black-and-white block. Fireworks were a staple of Fourth of July celebrations in the nineteenth century, and sellers of rockets, pinwheels and firecrackers did a brisk trade in the weeks before the holiday. The sheet blends patriotic imagery with a sales pitch, which shows how commerce and national celebration were closely tied.
| Created / published | [Brooklyn, N.Y.] : Brooklyn Daily Times Print., c1872. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving, color ; 41 5/16 x 28 3/4 in. |
| Genre | Wood engravings Color 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Title from item. Copyright by T.J. Scharfenberg. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,175 × 5,933 px · prints to 14 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | tif08313_TheAmericanfireworksonsalehere |
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