Vintage Americana Print - Raising the liberty pole,.painted, 1776 (2) – Historic Reproduction
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Few images capture their era like this historic print of Vintage Americana Print - Raising the liberty pole,.painted, 1776 (2). It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Vintage Americana Print - Raising the liberty pole,.painted, 1776 (2)
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A tall liberty pole being raised in a town gathering is the subject here, a mast set up as a public statement of colonial resistance. Colonists began erecting these poles in the mid-1760s, most famously in New York, where the Sons of Liberty raised them in defiance of British authority, and soldiers often cut them down, sparking street brawls. By 1776, the year of independence, the pole had become a familiar emblem of the patriot cause. The record describes the work as painted, so its details reflect the artist's view of such a gathering rather than a photographic record.
| Subjects | Historic Print Archive |
|---|---|
| Original scan | 6,078 × 4,841 px · prints to 20 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-225539 |
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