Records of the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration. 1966 - 1977. Photographs Used in the Bicentennial Times and the Bicentennial Newsletter

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Records of the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration. 1966 - 1977. Photographs Used in the Bicentennial Times and the Bicentennial Newsletter

1972-1976

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These photographs were produced by the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission (ARBC) and the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration (ARBA) and collected from other sources. The photographs were used in issues of the ARBC's Bicentennial Newsletter, and, from 1975 to 1976, in issues of the ARBA's Bicentennial Times. These monthly periodicals served to inform the public of Bicentennial-related events across the country; circulation of the Bicentennial Times reached a peak of 400,000 with the July 1976 issue. Photographs of interest in this series include a view of St. John's Church in Richmond, VA, where Patrick Henry made his "Give me liberty..." speech (folder F); a copy of an engraving of King John signing the Magna Carta (folder J); a view of a worker painting Bicentennial symbols (folder N); President Calvin Coolidge with members of the Sesquicentennial of American Independence and the Thomas Jefferson Centennial Commission of the United States. (folder P); a portrait of Alexis de Tocqueville and a bust of Georges Clemenceau (folder Q); portraits of aviators Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart (folder S); and a family of koala bears (folder T). To see the context in which these photographs were used in issues of the Bicentennial Times, see Record Group 452, Series BT - "Bicentennial Times Commemorative Reprints." There are no corresponding negatives for the photographs in this series.

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