Old Home Week Fourth of July Parade on Union Street, New Bedford

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Old Home Week Fourth of July Parade on Union Street, New Bedford

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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.
Courtesy of New Bedford Free Public Library

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1887
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New Bedford Free Public Library
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