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[Huge flag being carried by a large group of men in a G.A.R. parade in Washington, D.C.] – Antique Print

[Huge flag being carried by a large group of men in a G.A.R. parade in Washington, D.C.], 1915 — historic photograph
[Huge flag being carried by a large group of men in a G.A.R. parade in Washington, D.C.], 1915. Historic photograph from the Washington DC collection.

(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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A flag so large that a whole crew of men has to carry it leads this 1915 street scene in Washington, D.C. The marchers belonged to the Grand Army of the Republic, the fraternal organization of Union Civil War veterans founded in 1866. By 1915, about fifty years after the war, the surviving veterans were growing old, and their parades often drew crowds as a visible link to the conflict. The National Photo Company, which documented life in the capital in the early twentieth century, recorded the moment.

Created / published1915
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1910-1920.
NotesTitle and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: Parades and Processions. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). Formerly in SPF - Flags. Caption card tracings: Ph. Ind.; Flags; Procession; Geog.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,044 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-143602

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