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Patriotic Primary Source Set

 

 

 

Fireworks:

Fireworks over Jackson's statue

Fireworks for sale, Fourth of July, Vale, Oregon

Martin fireworks factory. Finishing room

Pan-American Producing Co. fireworks factory

Fireworks at Washington Monument

 

Flags:

American Flag 1

American Flag 2

God Bless America

My Country Tis of Thee

Wall of American flags carried by Boy Scouts

Sewing stripes on an American flag at the Annin Flag Company

Women workers at quartermaster depot

 

Founding Documents/Materials:

The Real Declaration of Independence which took place in Phila., July 4th, 1776 (Pictorial envelope)

Declaration of the thirteen United States of America

Declaration of Independence (Picture)

Declaration of Independence (Black and White Picture)

Thomas Jefferson, June 1776, Draft Fragment of Declaration of Independence

Thomas Jefferson, July 4, 1776, Copy of Declaration of Independence

Reading of the New York's declaration of independence, July 11, 1776

Continental Congress, July 4, 1776, Printed Declaration of Independence

Franklin signing the Declaration of Independence

Constitution of the United States of America

 

Fourth of July Events:

Stereoscopic views of Fourth of July Regattas, New York harbor

Fourth of July, 1890's

Hot-air balloons sitting on a field on July 4, 1908

Partially-inflated hot-air balloons on July 4, 1908

World's championship battle, July 4, 1910--Round 14

July 4--Independence Day (Poster)

Street parades

The Fourth of July (1) The Day Before

The Centennial Fourth - illumination of Union Square, New York

A Fourth of July salute

Tug-of-war, Fourth of July

Takoma Park, Fourth of July celebration, 7/4/23

Chariot race at 4th of July celebration

The Fourth of July: Eighty years ago

Independence Hall, Philadelphia, during the American Centennial Festival, 1876

Watching the Fourth of July parade. Vale, Oregon

Fourth of July celebration, Victor

 

Places:

Liberty Bell

Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land, Unto the Inhabitants Thereof (Pictorial envelope)

The Liberty Bell on display

Liberty Bell in Independence Hall

Independence Hall (Pictorial envelope)

Independence Hall, Philadelphia.

Liberty Bell and stairway, Independence Hall, Philadelphia

Supreme Court Room, Independence Hall, Philadelphia

Independence Hall [Assembly Room], Philadelphia

Pennsylvania. Independence Hall exterior

Statue of Liberty

Photograph of Statue of Liberty

Statue of Liberty (Day in History)

Display of U.S. Constitution, Library of Congress

 

Other:

Patriotic Melodies (Music)

America Singing: Nineteenth-Century Song Sheets (Music)

Historic American Sheet Music: 1850-1920 (Music)

An ode for the 4th of July 1788

The war for the Constitution and the Union! (Poster)

American flags and patriotic banners decorating a commercial street in Lake Geneva

Liberty for all : Keep 'em flying (Poster)

Uncle Sam's birthday July 4th 1776-1918 142 years young and going strong

Navy! Uncle Sam is calling you--enlist in the Navy!

American Eagle

Patriotic poster showing Uncle Sam

Human map of the U.S.A.

Citizenship (Sound Recording)

Beneath the starry flag. 1900 (Music)

My own United States, 1902 (Music)

I pledge allegiance and silence about the war (Poster)

What is Patriotism? (The Century; a popular quarterly)

America! With peace and freedom blest

Volunteers! Men of the granite state!

 
 
 
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