1 pp 1887
Scene shows a parade on Union and Purchase Street, New Bedford, Massachusetts, looking west up Union Street, during Old Home Week, July 4, 1887. Long lines of soldiers in dress uniforms and helmets marching in roughly 4 columns; some on horseback. Some of the businesses on the streets are Kelly Jewelers, C.H. & H.A. Lawton, Almy & Hitch, and Spectacles, Eye & Opera Glasses, Violin Strings & Cutlery. A crowd gathers around the soldiers' parade. The women and men have parasols to protect their complexions from the sun.
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