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Fred Thwaites and Turvilles with Flag

Date: 07 04 1895
Description: Fred Thwaites, Harry Turville, and Helen Turville celebrate the Fourth of July with American flags outdoors. There is a barn in the background.
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Woman and Boy in Fourth of July Parade

Date: 07 04 1944
Description: Side view of a woman pulling a little boy in a decorated coaster wagon in a Fourth of July parade. The boy is holding a bottle of milk with white streamers...
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Five Girls Dressed as Flowers

Date: 07 04 1944
Description: Five girls dressed as flowers, probably as part of a Fourth of July "Garden Queen" pageant. The girls are standing in a row and each of the girls has a num...
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Girls Dressed as Flowers

Date: 07 04 1944
Description: A line of girls dressed as flowers, probably as part of a Fourth of July "Garden Queen" pageant. The girls are standing in a long line and each of the girl...
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Four Girls Dressed as Flowers

Date: 07 04 1944
Description: Four girls standing in a row dressed as flowers, probably as part of a Fourth of July "Garden Queen" pageant. Each of the girls has a number around her arm...
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Cap Pistol Legalization

Date: 07 03 1953
Description: After Governor Kohler signed legislation legalizing the sale of caps and cap pistols, many youth prepared to celebrate the Independence Day holiday with th...
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Fourth of July Procession

Date: 07 04 1900
Description: View from side of a Fourth of July Procession of five people standing in a line carrying various types of weapons and dressed in festive clothing. There is...
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Italian "Fourth of July" Celebration

Date: 1919
Description: A large group of children and adults are standing outside the Wisconsin State Capitol building, many holding American flags. Some members in the foreground...
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Fourth of July

Date: 07 04 1928
Description: A woman standing on the left, possibly Emma Brumder, and six children are watching a "black snake" type fireworks on a circle of bare ground at Pine Lake. ...
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Alfred Holt in Grandfather's Army Coat

Date: 07 04 1908
Description: Holding an American flag, Alfred Holt is dressed up in the Civil War army coat of his grandfather, Captain I.P. Rumsey. Caption reads: "Alfred in Grandfath...
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Fourth of July Fireworks

Date: 07 04 1912
Description: Alfred Holt is setting off some firecrackers while his sisters and several cousins are watching. Names from left to right: Elizabeth Doud Rumsey, Marion Ed...
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Grandfather Rumsey on Fourth of July

Date: 07 04 1913
Description: Civil War veteran Captain Israel Parsons Rumsey, the father of the photographer, is sitting on a horse in front of his home. A large American flag, hanging...

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