Life Magazine, July 2, 1914 More firework hating from Life Magazine. I have to wonder if the publisher back in 1914 had a really ba...

The Campbell's Soup kids are armed to the teeth and ready to celebrate! Happy 4th everyone!

Little Timmy always was a sicko, now he's got a job at the Pentagon and mom and dad are so proud! Happy 4th everyone!

Life Magazine, July 2, 1914 Apparently the lady finger was the early 20th century equivalent of the atom bomb. At least you'd th...

 Happy Fourth of July everyone, may you and yours have a wonderful holiday and come home with all of your fingers intact!

Left: "It seems to me they don't make so much noise on the Fourth as they did when I was young." Right: But he changed hi...

Looking at this ad you can tell it's staged. I'm not talking about the obviously drawn in firecrackers, I'm talking about the ...

What does the Fourth of July really need? Not fireworks or parades, it needs salad molds or what we would call aspic! I'm not exactl...

Ah, July, one of my favorite months. It’s the month of thunderstorms and fireworks. Thunder in the sky and thunder on the earth! I can rem...

Celebrating the 4th of July with the 1931 cover of Boys' Life. Here's hoping your holiday is safe and fun!