Southbridge Woman's Club Float in 1916 Centennial Parade Southbridge Massachusetts

• – 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.

• – Women--Massachusetts--Southbridge (Mass.)
• – Parades--Massachusetts--Southbridge
• – Social Clubs--Massachusetts--Southbridge
• – Southbridge (Mass.)--History
• – Southbridge Woman's Club (Southbridge, Mass.)--History
• – Southbridge (Mass.)--Pictorial works

• – Southbridge Collection

• – pre-1923

• – C/WMARS http://www.cwmars.org/

• – Pease, Aaron, H.

• – Is part of the photographic collection of the Jacob Edwards Library, Southbridge, Massachusetts. http://www.jacobedwardslibrary.org

• – image/jpg

• – Image from the A.H. Pease album #3

• – 42 degrees 04' N72 degrees 02' W

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