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