GUSN-253587
The text on the shield reads "Erected July 4, 1824 in Commemoration of July 4, 1776, that Declared Our Emancipation from Tyranny and Gave Us the Privileges of Freemen."
memorials
shields (motifs)
events
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
1 photographic print : black-and-white ; 3 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches
PC001
General photographic collection
PC001.03.01.USNH.1990.0020.015
3 1/4 x 2 1/4 (HxW)(inches)
Gift of Arthur I. Harriman, 18 June 1935.
Portsmouth (Rockingham county, New Hampshire)
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
Item
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