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Let us celebrate the day in a way befitting America and Americans - not in foolish frivolity and reckless pleasure - but as a sane people celebrating a national event.
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4th of July 1776
Let us celebrate the day in a way befitting America and Americans - not in foolish frivolity and reckless pleasure - but as a sane people celebrating a national event.
Publisher: E. Nash Co. (American (New York), 1908–1910)
American
Medium/Technique
Chromolithograph and metallic pigment on embossed card stock.
Dimensions
Horizontal: 8.9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession Number2014.9301
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPostcards
DescriptionFront: © Nash J 7
Back: divided. Mint.
Back: divided. Mint.
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2011, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in the United States, Canada and Europe; 2014, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 29, 2014)