Patriot's Day Parade

Artist Frederick K. Coulson American, 1869–1931

DateApril 19, 1895

Mediumcyanotype on cream wove paper

Dimensions24.8 x 29.2 cm (sheets), 25.4 x 20.5 x 2.0 cm (bound)

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineEliza S. Paine Fund

Object number2010.271.170

DescriptionPhotograph from an album of 208 cyanotypes on cream wove paper.

On April 19, 1895, Massachusetts celebrated Patriot's Day for the first time. This view from the Salisbury estate shows people lined up along Grove Street near Central Church to participate in Worcester's celebration. The parade opened with a military march that began at the nearby Worcester Armory and featured a staged attack along Main Street by "rioters" who were eventually taken prisoner by the troops on the city common.
–"Frederick Coulson: Blueprints of a Golden Age," by James A. Welu, p.40, plate 19ProvenanceLee Gallery, Winchester, MA

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