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[Group of spectators including uniformed grammar school boys standing with two nuns in the rain, at a patriotic parade in Boston, Mass.] – Vintage Wall Art

[Group of spectators including uniformed grammar school boys standing with two nuns in the rain, at a patriotic parade in Boston, Mass.], 1916 July 4. — historic photograph
[Group of spectators including uniformed grammar school boys standing with two nuns in the rain, at a patriotic parade in Boston, Mass.], 1916 July 4.. Historic photograph from the Boston collection.

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Rain falls on a crowd of onlookers at a Fourth of July parade in Boston in 1916, where uniformed grammar school boys stand shoulder to shoulder with two nuns under umbrellas and wet hats. Patriotic parades of this kind were common in American cities during the years before the country entered World War I, when public displays of civic pride and military preparedness drew large crowds. The photograph's caption card supplies the date and subject, though that information has not been independently verified. Its photoprint was made by Richard Sears, and it offers a close look at the ordinary people who lined the streets to watch.

Created / published1916 July 4.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhotoprint by Richard Sears. This record contains unverified data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,151 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-152342

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