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Fourth of July postcard: child beside a Fire Works crate – Antique Wall Art

Fourth of July postcard: child beside a Fire Works crate — vintage postcard
Fourth of July postcard: child beside a Fire Works crate. Vintage postcard from the Star Spangled Images collection.

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

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Fourth of July postcard: child beside a Fire Works crate comes to life in this vintage postcard, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.

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Fourth of July postcard: child beside a Fire Works crate

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A child stands beside a wooden crate stenciled "Fire Works," the kind of shipping box fireworks arrived in, which gives this Fourth of July card an unusually practical focus. Holiday postcards of the early twentieth century often leaned on patriotic symbols such as flags, eagles and star-spangled borders, so a card that centers on a packing crate stands apart from the usual flag-waving scenes. Such cards were mailed in large numbers around Independence Day, and small details like the crate reflect how fireworks were bought, shipped and set off in local communities at the time.

Original scan2,100 × 3,268 px · prints to 7 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferencePatriotic (1)

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