Children with fireworks and a red and white flag, Fourth of July postcard – Vintage Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Children with fireworks and a red and white flag, Fourth of July postcard comes to life in this vintage postcard, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Children with fireworks and a red and white flag, Fourth of July postcard
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Children clutching sparklers and waving a red and white flag give this postcard its celebratory mood, placing it squarely in the Fourth of July tradition of the early twentieth century. Holiday postcards like this one were mass-produced in huge numbers and mailed between relatives and friends, so they capture the everyday sentiment of the period as much as the holiday itself. Notice how the bright, saturated colors and the stylized, idealized children reflect the printing methods of the time. Such cards were often sent with brief handwritten notes, which makes them a window into how ordinary people marked Independence Day.
| Original scan | 521 × 823 px |
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| Reference | Patriotic (99) |
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