July 4th airship postcard: The Day We Celebrate – Historic Reproduction
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July 4th airship postcard: The Day We Celebrate comes to life in this vintage postcard, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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July 4th airship postcard: The Day We Celebrate
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Few things set this card apart from the other red, white and blue greetings on the board like an airship drifting across a Fourth of July scene. The caption "The Day We Celebrate" was a common line on patriotic cards of the early 1900s, when postcards were a popular way to send holiday wishes by mail. Airships were still a novelty then, so artists often used them to suggest progress and American ingenuity, and pairing one with the national holiday gave the card a forward-looking feel. The printed lettering and color work also show how these cards were made before modern photographic reproduction became common.
| Original scan | 2,100 × 1,360 px · prints to 7 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | Patriotic (107) |
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