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Wood engraving of a crowd in top hats and caps looking up at fireworks bursting in a night sky above trees.

Fire-Works on the Night of the Fourth of July

A dense crowd of men and women in top hats, caps and bonnets gazes upward at fireworks bursting over a dark, tree-lined field. The faces in the foreground are finely cut in black lines, with the sky and sparks rendered as white streaks.

Artist
Unknown
Date
July 11, 1868
Medium
Wood engraving in black ink on paper
Source
Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size
3999 × 2741 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1868).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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