THESE UNITED COLONIES ARE, AND OF RIGHT OUGHT TO BE, FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES.|1776: female figure, typifing America, resting on one knee.
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BY AUTHORITY OF THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES|1876|IN COMMEMORATION OF THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE: words surrounded by wreath.
MDCCLXXVI ./ FIRST IN WAR, FIRST IN PEACE, FIRST IN THE HEARTS OF HIS COUNTRYMEN.: Two cupids flank a medallion of George Washington; below: eagle.
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INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION/ in exergue: H. OLRIK F. SCHMALFELD FEC/ PHILADELPHIA 1876/ V. CHRISTENSEN: Liberty flanked by sculpture and agriculture on the left and painting and commerce on the right
INDEPENDENCE HALL|1776: front view of Independence Hall with statue and trees
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"PROCLAIM LIBERTY THROUGHOUT THE LAND UNTO ALL THE INHABITANTS THEREOF"|THE LIBERTY BELL|LEVITICUS XXV: front view of Liberty Bell with supporting beams|no inscription
1776 MAIN BUILDING INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION: front view of building
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THE 100th ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE*U.S. AMERICA*|4th OF JULY 1876 EXHIBITION OPEN FROM MAY 10 TO NOV. 10 1876 FAIRMOUNT PARK PHILADELPHIA: inscription