Severn River bridge parade float

Photograph

Historical Society of Carroll County, Maryland

Name/Title

Severn River bridge parade float

Entry/Object ID

1990.017.003

Description

Print, photographic. Parade float, parade marking the opening of the Severn River bridge at Annapolis, 1923. Flat bed truck with signs "CARROLL CO. BIRTH PLACE OF RURAL FREE DELIVERY," "FIRST IN STATE PRODUCTION OF SWINE," "FIRST IN MANUFACTURE OF CONGOLEUM," "FIRST COUNTY! IN WORLD FOR CANNED CORN." Hughes Co., Baltimore. L to R: C. Katherine Grumbine, Fred Fuller, J. Albert Anders, Edwin Shriver, George B. Hutting, L. Cordelia Myers, unidentified. On back in pencil "Annapolis, MD, 1924 Carroll County". 8"x10".

Acquisition

Accession

1990.017

Source or Donor

Anders, Mary P.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Exhibitions

Notes

Hanover Evening Sun, September 10, 1983. Images of

General Notes

Note

Truck belonged to the B.F. Shriver Canning Co. Large painting in background of horse drawn postal wagon is owned by HSCC