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| Title | Southbridge Woman's Club Float in 1916 Centennial Parade Southbridge Massachusetts |
| Full Size Image | http://dlib.cwmars.org/cdm4/images/full_size/southbridge/91.jpg |
| Subject | Southbridge (Mass.)--History; Southbridge (Mass.)--Pictorial works; Parades--Massachusetts--Southbridge;Southbridge Woman's Club (Southbridge, Mass.)--History; Women--Massachusetts--Southbridge (Mass.); Social Clubs--Massachusetts--Southbridge |
| Description | Southbridge en fete in 1916, celebrating the centennial of its incorporation. Nine ladies are shown on a float sitting under a wooden structure with columns. The women whose hair is wrapped with ribbon, are wearing long robes without sleeves, suggesting Roman Each lady is wearing a sash with text. Some of the script is readable: Conservative, Motherhood, Education. A shield is held by one of the ladies which says "Progress". A man with a hat is holding the reins. Greenery covers the base of the float. Bunting is hanging from the porch on the building in the background. A female onlooker is observing the parade go by. The Southbridge Woman's Club was founded in 1914. Miss Gladys Litchfield and Miss Mildred Wheelock were responsible for the initiative. |
| Creator | Pease, Aaron, H. |
| Publisher | C/WMARS http://www.cwmars.org/ |
| Date | pre-1923 |
| Type | image |
| Format | image/jpg |
| Identifier | 38136000234722 |
| Source | Image from the A.H. Pease album #3 |
| Relation | Is part of the photographic collection of the Jacob Edwards Library, Southbridge, Massachusetts. http://www.jacobedwardslibrary.org |
| Coverage | 42 degrees 04' N72 degrees 02' W |
