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We hope all of you have a fun Fourth of July! Stay cool, be safe, and enjoy your local fireworks display!This blog will be in an even more celebratory mood, as we just passed 3,100 followers! Thank you, Tumblr folks! 
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Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)Fireworks at Ryogoku Bridge, no. 98 from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo, 1858 Color woodblock print Mary A. Ainsworth BequestAMAM 1950.1441 
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We hope all of you have a fun Fourth of July! Stay cool, be safe, and enjoy your local fireworks display!

This blog will be in an even more celebratory mood, as we just passed 3,100 followers! Thank you, Tumblr folks!
 

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Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Fireworks at Ryogoku Bridge, no. 98 from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo, 1858
Color woodblock print
Mary A. Ainsworth Bequest
AMAM 1950.1441 

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