Happy Independence Day!

To celebrate the 4th of July, here's a fun studio publicity portrait of Alexis Smith, posing as Betsy Ross.

This is one of a series of Betsy Ross photos Smith posed for in 1941; she turned 20 in June of that year.

May God continue to bless and protect our great nation. Happy Independence Day!

Previous Independence Day photos: 2012 (Susan Hayward), 2013 (Susan Hayward and Virginia Dale), 2014 (Vera-Ellen and Cyd Charisse), 2015 (Ava Gardner), 2016 (Jeanne Crain), and 2017 (Debbie Reynolds and Jane Powell).