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    Fourth of July celebrations through the years

    Yahoo News Photo Staff
    •July 3, 2018
    • <p>Family with pistols and flags get ready for their Fourth of July celebration, circa 1880s (Photo: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images) </p>
    • <p>Girl with sparklers, 1930. (Photo: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images) </p>
    • <p>Family in Chicago celebrate the Fourth of July, circa 1905. (Photo: Kirn Vintage Stock/Corbis via Getty Images) </p>
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    Fourth of July celebrations through the years

    Family with pistols and flags get ready for their Fourth of July celebration, circa 1880s (Photo: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

    The Fourth of July celebration wasn’t always celebrated with a Macy’s fireworks show off the Manhattan waterfront.

    Indeed, along with the fireworks, Independence Day events throughout the years often came with  light-hearted traditions like beauty contests, parades, dances, and eating contests. The following photos document some of those festivities dating back to the 19th century.

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