Reading the original Declaration of Independence, in Philadelphia, July 4, 1876
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Item data
Title
Reading the original Declaration of Independence, in Philadelphia, July 4, 1876
Collection
Wallach Division Picture Collection
American History -- 1870s
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1882
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC AME-1870s
Subjects
Centennial celebrations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 1870-1879
United States -- 1870-1879
Fourth of July celebrations -- 1870-1879
Reading -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 1870-1879
Political pageantry
Crowds
Genres
Notes
Content: Written on border: "1877." "Centennial."
Source Note: From Our first century : being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country. (Springfield, Mass. : Nichols, 1882) Devens, R. M. (Richard Miller), Author.
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 14 x 21 cm. (5 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.)
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17168686
Barcode: 33333159325873
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2dacec80-c533-012f-99ae-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1882
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MLA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Reading the original Declaration of Independence, in Philadelphia, July 4, 1876" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1882. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2dacec80-c533-012f-99ae-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1882). Reading the original Declaration of Independence, in Philadelphia, July 4, 1876 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2dacec80-c533-012f-99ae-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Reading the original Declaration of Independence, in Philadelphia, July 4, 1876" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2dacec80-c533-012f-99ae-58d385a7bc34
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