A Bluestocking Knits

In honor of Independence Day, here are a few historical photographs from the American Memory collection at The Library of Congress —

Fourth of July celebration at Inkster, North Dakota, 1894 (Fred Hultstrand History in Pictures Collection, NDIRS-NDSU, Fargo).

Gathering at the school house for a Fourth of July celebration, Osnabrock, North Dakota (Fred Hultstrand History in Pictures Collection, NDIRS-NDSU, Fargo).

"Huzza! ‘Tis the fourth of July!" by T. Waldron Shear (Music Division, Library of Congress).

Watching greased pig race on the Fourth of July, Vale, Oregon, 1941, Russell Lee, photographer (Farm Security Administration, Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress).

World’s Fair fireworks I, 1939 or 1940 (Gottscho-Schleisner Collection, Library of Congress).

July 4th celebration, Meling Coulie [sic], Milton, North Dakota , about 1894 (Fred Hultstrand History in Pictures Collection, NDIRS-NDSU, Fargo).

Boy on float in Fourth of July parade, Vale, Oregon, 1941, Russell Lee, photographer (Farm Security Administration, Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress).