Independence Day - 1964 – Antique Wall Art
![Independence Day - 1964, 1964 July 5 [publication date] — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d6/d697b965d679-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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This historic drawing of Independence Day - 1964 brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Independence Day - 1964
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Bill Mauldin's Independence Day cartoon ran in the Chicago Sun-Times on July 5, 1964, three days after President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act. Its subjects pair fireworks and holiday celebration with civil rights and legislation, a sign of how the Fourth of July was being judged that summer. Mauldin, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, built his reputation on wry commentary about ordinary soldiers and civilians alike, and this drawing, made with crayon, ink and blue pencil on layered board, shows the rough, layered technique he used to work out his images before publication.
| Created / published | 1964 July 5 [publication date] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on layered paper board : crayon, ink, blue pencil, and white out over pencil. |
| Genre | Editorial cartoons 1960-1970.Drawings 1960-1970. |
| Notes | Gift; Bill Mauldin; 1975; (DLC/PP-1975:078.1203). Published in the Chicago Sun-Times, July 5, 1964. Forms part of the Papers of Bill Mauldin (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Fourth of July--1960-1970. Civil rights--1960-1970. Legislation--1960-1970. Fireworks--1960-1970. Celebrations--1960-1970. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,274 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-205514 |
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