1898 Photograph of Julia Hadley, Mary Hadley, Florence Brink, Mrs. E. I. Prickett in a Carriage, and Four Men Standing during the Free Street Fair Flower Parade

1890s, African-American, Black, buggy, carriage, Edwardsville, fair, flower parade, girls, horse, street, Women

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This 1898 photograph shows Julia Hadley (driving), Mary Hadley, Florence Brink, and Mrs. E. I. Prickett riding in a carriage covered in chrysanthemums. The carriage is pulled by four white horses with four unknown men in white costumes handling the horses. This was during the flower parade that was part of Edwarsdville, Illinois's Free Street Fair on October 12, 1898.

• SIUE Archives

Godfrey Photograph Collection

• culture
• Edwardsville

October 12, 1898

English

• Photograph

• Black and white photographic print
• jpg

12 x 10 [inches]

• 1890s
  Edwardsville, Illinois

• GodfreyPhoto-P-013