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Group of People on a Float

Citation

“Group of People on a Float,” Madison Historical, accessed December 23, 2024, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/751.

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Description

A group of people sitting on a float being pulled by horses in 1896 at the 123 and 127 East Main St., Collinsville, Illinois.

Transcription

  • Front:

    On the float- "Uncle Sams Best Crop. They [unidentifiable]"
    On the right side of postcard- Roeder Collinsville, Ill. 

    Back:

    No I [unidentifiable] 123 and 127 East Main St., Collinsville, Ill. 

                                      T.A. Riggin 1896

Subjects

  • Collinsville
  • agriculture

Date

1896

Relevant Encyclopedia Article

Language

English

Type

  • Photograph

Format

  • Black and white postcard
  • jpg

Original Format

Postcard

Coverage

  • Collinsville, Illinois
  • 1896

Identifier

  • CHM-P-0054
  • 1995_030_005
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