Time Capsule: An Old-Fashioned 4th of July, 1954
I don’t think I need to offer much commentary on this gallery. It was taken by Life magazine photographer N.R. Farbman on the 4th of July, 1954, in an unknown town in America. All the classic Independence Day scenes are here — a family picnic, a parade complete with fire trucks, kids buying fireworks and holding sparklers, and smiles all around.
Click on any thumbnail for a larger image.
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- Setting Off Fireworks
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- Independence Day Parade (B&W)
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- Buying Fireworks
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- Kids Holding Sparklers
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- Buying Fireworks
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- Kids Holding Sparklers
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- That’s Loud!
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- Buying Fireworks
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- Buying Fireworks
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- Family Picnic
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- Family Picnic
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- Backyard Fireworks
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- Buying Fireworks
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- That’s Loud!
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- Buying Fireworks
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- Setting Off Fireworks
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- Kids Holding a Sparkler
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- Buying Fireworks
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- Kids Holding Sparklers
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- Setting Off Fireworks
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- Family Picnic
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- Kids Holding Sparklers (B&W)
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- Family Picnic
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- Looking at Fireworks on Display
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- Kids Holding a Sparkler
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- Independence Day Parade
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- Buying Fireworks
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- Dad Buying Fireworks
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- Backyard Fireworks
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- Independence Day Parade
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