Saturday, July 2, 2011

Fourth of July, Great White North


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Eskimo highkick, Nome, Alaska, 6 ft. 5 in., July 4th, 1915: photo by Butler Mauro Company, Nome (Library of Congress)

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Visitors arriving for July 4th celebration, Fairbanks, Alaska, 1916: photo by Johnson (Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection, Library of Congress).


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July 4th parade, Nome, Alaska, 1916: photographer unknown, from the collection of Frank G. Carpenter (Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection, Library of Congress)


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July 4th parade, Nome, Alaska, 1915: photographer unknown, from the collection of Frank G. Carpenter (Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection, Library of Congress)

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Tug-of-war, Fourth of July, Skagway, Alaska: photo by Frank G. Carpenter, between 1900 and 1916 (Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection, Library of Congress)


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Fourth of July, Skagway, Alaska, group of spectators gathered to watch tug-of-war contest in the street: photo by Frank G. Carpenter, between 1900 and 1916 (Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection, Library of Congress)


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Chariot race at 4th of July celebration, Fairbanks, Alaska: photographer unknown, between c. 1900 and c. 1930, from the collection of Frank G. Carpenter (Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection, Library of Congress)

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The Race. Two small teams of Chinese runners pull a hose down main street in the great Hub-and-Hub race at Deadwood, Dakota, July 4, 1888, between the only two Chinese hose teams in the United States: photo by John C. H. Grabill, 4 July 1888 (John C. H. Grabill Collection, Library of Congress)