Industrial parade, July 1904, Zion City, Illinois – Historic Photograph Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic image captures Industrial parade, July 1904, Zion City, Illinois in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Industrial parade, July 1904, Zion City, Ill
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Industrial parade, July 1904, Zion City, Illinois
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Zion City, a religious community founded in 1901 on the Lake Michigan shore about 40 miles north of Chicago, held this industrial parade in July 1904 to show what its residents had built. Under John Alexander Dowie, a Scottish-born faith healer who led the Christian Catholic Church, the town was planned as a dry settlement with no tobacco or liquor, and members were encouraged to work in its own shops and mills rather than in outside factories. The lace works and the printing plant were among the main employers, and Dowie's weekly paper, Leaves of Healing, was produced there. Marching workers and trade groups in the parade were meant to demonstrate that the community could support itself economically as well as spiritually.
| Created / published | 1904 |
|---|---|
| Creator | geo. r. lawrence co |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Illinois |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 2,311 px · prints to 18 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Industrial parade, July 1904, Zion City, Ill |
| Reference | IL Industrial parade, July 1904, Zion City, |
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