Name/Title
Parade, Jamestown 1897Entry/Object ID
TP542Description
Black and white photograph print mounted on grey-green cardboard. Bottom left corner of the board is torn off.
The photograph is of a parade in Jamestown, CA along Ninth street, at the intersection of Third Street. On occasion of first train into the depot, 1897. The parade is headed by a marching band in formal attire. Men, women & children line the street as spectators, also in formal attire. Behind the band is a group wearing light colored uniforms, armed with rifles and bearing an American flag. Following that group is another group wearing medals around their necks. Behind them are a group of women dressed in light colored dresses and light colored hats. Behind them is another group bearing two more American flags. Behind the parade is a train, train-station and a large tower. Power lines traverse the road. Stack of pallets are in the right foreground. Some people in the foreground are looking at the camera and posing for the picture.Collection
TCHS - Tuolumne County Historical SocietyLexicon
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Band, Musical, Celebration, Band Instruments, Band Uniforms, Jamestown, Parade, Sierra Railroad depot, 9th St