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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- Buying Fireworks
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- Family Picnic
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- Buying Fireworks
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- Independence Day Parade (B&W)
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- That’s Loud!
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- Family Picnic
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- Buying Fireworks
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- Kids Holding a Sparkler
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- Kids Holding a Sparkler
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- Kids Holding Sparklers
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- Setting Off Fireworks
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- Looking at Fireworks on Display
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- Independence Day Parade
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- Family Picnic
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- Backyard Fireworks
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- Backyard Fireworks
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- Buying Fireworks
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- Independence Day Parade
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- Kids Holding Sparklers
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- Buying Fireworks
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- Buying Fireworks
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- Dad Buying Fireworks
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- Buying Fireworks
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- Setting Off Fireworks
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- Kids Holding Sparklers (B&W)
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- Kids Holding Sparklers
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- Setting Off Fireworks
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- Buying Fireworks
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- Family Picnic
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- That’s Loud!
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