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Group Show 70: Under the Sun and the Moon Group Show 69: Photo for Non-Majors (part 2) Group Show 69: Photo for Non-Majors (part 1) Group Show 68: Four Degrees Group Show 67: Embracing Stillness Group Show 66: La Frontera Group Show 65: Two Way Lens Group Show 64: Tropes Gone Wild Group Show 63: Love, Actually Group Show 62: 100% Fun Group Show 61: Loss Group Show 60: Winter Pictures Group Show 59: Numerology Group Show 58: On Death Group Show 57: New Psychedelics Group Show 56: Source Material Group Show 55: Year in Reverse Group show 54: Seeing Sound Group Show 53: On Beauty Group Show 52: Alternative Facts Group Show 51: Future Isms Group Show 50: 'Roid Rage Group Show 48: Winter Pictures Group Show 47: Space Jamz group show 46: F*cked Up group show 45: New Jack City group show 44: Radical Color group show 43: TMWT group show 42: Occultisms group show 41: New Cats in Art Photography group show 40: #Latergram group show 39: Tough Turf P. 2/2 group show 39: Tough Turf P. 1/2
The daring ride of Mrs. Eunice (Winkless) Padfield, July 4th 1905. Holmboe, C.E.
The daring ride of Mrs. Eunice (Winkless) Padfield, July 4th 1905. Holmboe, C.E.

12 Arbitrary and Sorta Bizarre Vintage July 4th Photos from The Library of Congress

For our own gesture of photo historical patriotism, we culled some completely random vintage photographs of independence day happenings from the Library of Congress' online photo archives. Many of these are from the Farm Security Administration, others are author-unknown, but all represent our continued obsessive meanderings of online rabbit-holing. Happy 4th, from Humble Arts Foundation. 

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PostedJuly 3, 2015
AuthorJon Feinstein
Tagsvintage photos, vintage, Jon Feinstein, July Fourth, July 4th, July 4th Photos, Independence Day Photos, FSA, Farm Security Photos, Farm Security Administration, Library of Congress Photos

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