Independence Day Parade Float ca. 1909

Here's a postcard I bought recently.


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Despite the caption, I don't think this is the parade itself, but a float preparing to take its place in the parade. I don't see any signs on the float to tell who or what it represents. The wagon is full of girls in white waving American flags.

Someone with time on their hands might be able to figure out, based on the houses and roads in the background, exactly where this was taken.

The postmark is 1909.



Seeing the recipient's name made me think, of course, of our own Annie Peterson, but as far as I know she never lived in Chicago (unless she was on a long visit), and the world was crawling with Annie Petersons in 1909.

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