Massachusetts. Cape Cod. July 4th, 1947. Independence Day.
Photograph
1947 (made)
1947 (made)
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Black and white photograph depicting an elderly lady wearing an American flag in Massachusetts during the July 4th celebrations of 1947.
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Title | Massachusetts. Cape Cod. July 4th, 1947. Independence Day. |
Materials and techniques | Black and white photograph |
Brief description | Black and white photograph by Henri Cartier-Bresson depicting an elderly lady, draped in the American flag at an Independence Day celebration in Cape Cod. USA, 1947. |
Physical description | Black and white photograph depicting an elderly lady wearing an American flag in Massachusetts during the July 4th celebrations of 1947. |
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Object history | "This woman explained to me that the flagpole over her door was broken but 'on such a day as this, one keeps one's flag on one's heart.' I felt in her a touch of the strength and robustness of the early American pioneers". Henri Cartier-Bresson |
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Accession number | PH.663-1978 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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