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[Labor Day parade, Main Street, Buffalo, N.Y.] – Historic Photograph Print

[Labor Day parade, Main Street, Buffalo, N.Y.], [between 1895 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Labor Day parade, Main Street, Buffalo, N.Y.], [between 1895 and 1910]. Historic photograph from the Buffalo 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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This rare historic photograph captures [Labor Day parade, Main Street, Buffalo, N.Y.] in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Labor Day parade, Main Street, Buffalo, N.Y.]

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This Detroit Publishing Company glass negative shows a Labor Day parade on Main Street in Buffalo, New York. Congress made Labor Day a federal holiday in 1894, and by the turn of the century unions and civic groups in cities across the country marched on the first Monday of September to show their strength. The catalog subjects also note street railways and commercial buildings, so the streetcar tracks and storefronts along the route are as much a part of the scene as the marchers. The negative is dated only to a range of about 1895 to 1910, a period when the company was photographing American cities across the country.

Created / published[between 1895 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. Xtra" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 032176. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsParades & processions. Labor Day. Street railroads. Commercial facilities.United States--New York (State)--Buffalo.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 779 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-65834

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