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Reunion parade in Indianapolis

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05137.257 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1861-1865 ca. Pagination: 1 stereocard Order a Copy

"Keystone [illegible] Company, Manufacturers and Publishers, Meadville, Pa., St. Louis, Mo." Caption on front: Grand Army Review, Indianapolis, Ind., U.S.A." Telephone or electrical poles and wire, trolley track in the street. Drummers and buglers in white pants. Men in parade are all civilians. Possibly late 1890's or early 1900's.

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