Happy Fourth of July!Here are some celebrants in New York in the 1850s, the Puffin family. They are looking forward to some mint juleps and brandy cocktails, with the probable exceptions of Mr. Paul Crayon, the poetic suitor of Miss Puffin (he is under her parasol) and the poodle, who is named Carlo.
Oh, and the ladies will take lemonade instead of brandy, if you please.
Have a wonderful holiday, all of you who are celebrating.
Image from NYPL Digital Gallery, of an 1850s Fourth of July upon the Hudson, from Harper's Magazine.
6 comments:
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Thank you for sharing this.
Debbe Kennedy
Pam - They really do! Hope there was a nice breeze off the Hudson.
debbe - Thank you for visiting! :)
Hi, thanks for finding this photo. I was hoping to see an old-fashioned 4th of July photo. My father was raised in NYC but he didn't get to take any photos with him when he got married years ago, my Aunt's daughter has them.
Grace - Actually, my post a year ago on the 4th has a photo of my grandmother and her friends on the 4th, in Queens circa 1908. here's the link:
http://thevirtualdimemuseum.blogspot.com/2008/07/july-4th-centennial-ozone-park-1908.html
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