From the Vault: Fourth of July Fireworks

Jul 2, 2015

From the Vault: Fourth of July Fireworks

Emma Patti Harris 0 Comment From the Vault Fireworks, Fourth of July, Independence Day

Watching the fireworks at various locations through the Baltimore-area is a time honored tradition.

: July 4, 1957 — A crowd watches Memorial Stadium fireworks from Eastern High School lawn. (Wm. Klender/Baltimore Sun)

: Inner Harbor fireworks being shot from a barge by the Domino Sugar plant. (Gene Sweeney/Baltimore Sun, 1984)

: A firework display of Governor Ritchie during Independence Day celebrations in 1930. (Baltimore Sun archives)

: July 4, 1983 — A crowd watches fireworks near the USS Constellation. (George H. Cook/Baltimore Sun)

: Youngsters swarming to buy firecrackers of all kinds, sparklers, fountains, roman candles and all other Fourth of July fireworks in the days before these were generally banned as a safety measure. (Baltimore Sun archives, 1964)

: Sunburst after dark is part of the Fourth of July display, which was attended by more than 21,000 at Memorial Stadium on July 5, 1965. (Baltimore Sun archives)

: Fireworks, 1932. (Baltimore Sun archives)

: A symbolic bomb-burst in the air over Memorial Stadium proved to the large crowd that the flag was still there. (Ken Geiger/Baltimore Sun, 1979)

: Firework display at a stadium in 1941. (Baltimore Sun archives)

: Buying fireworks for the 4th of July, 1933. (Baltimore Sun archives)

: A firework display of President Roosevelt during Independence Day celebrations in 1936. (Baltimore Sun archives)

: Fireworks at North Point High School attracted attention of young and old as feature of the Fourth. (Weyman Swagger/Baltimore Sun, 1968)

: Fireworks at Memorial Stadium, 1971. (Baltimore Sun archives)

: Fireworks at a stadium, 1934. (Baltimore Sun archives)

: Fireworks, 1930. (Baltimore Sun archives)

: Boy and Girl Scouts, like Cecelia Keech and Lee Goldman, will join the Maryland Society for the Prevention of Blindness this Fourth of July in observing and helping others observe State and Federal fireworks laws. (Baltimore Sun archives, 1955)

: Fireworks at a stadium, 1943. (Baltimore Sun archives)

: Fireworks during an Independence Day celebration in 1981. (Danielle M. Pallotto/Baltimore Sun)

: Fireworks, 1931. (Baltimore Sun archives)

: Fireworks, 1921. (Baltimore Sun archives)

: Spectators on the Inner Harbor’s south shore observe the fireworks. (Patrick Lim/Baltimore Sun)

: Firework display of “General Eisenhower” during an Independence Day celebration in 1943. (Baltimore Sun archives)

: Fireworks at Memorial Stadium, July 1948. (Albert D Cochran/Baltimore Sun)

: Fiery Showers: Spectators outside as well as inside Memorial Stadium enjoyed the Fourth of July fireworks, 1960. (Baltimore Sun archives)

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