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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- That’s Loud!
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- Independence Day Parade
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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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- Independence Day Parade
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- Buying Fireworks
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- Kids Holding a Sparkler
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- Buying Fireworks
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- Dad Buying Fireworks
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- Family Picnic
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- Buying Fireworks
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- Backyard 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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- Family Picnic
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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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- Backyard Fireworks
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- Buying Fireworks
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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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- 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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