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This is a photograph of a parade marching through a city street lined with spectators. It captures a group of uniformed individuals marching in rows through an urban environment, flanked by an audience along the sidewalk. The background features tall buildings with American flags. Street lamps and architecture contribute to the historical feel of the image, suggesting an early 20th-century setting. The perspective and sepia tone enhance the historical atmosphere, capturing a moment of order, attention, and public interest.
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This is a photograph of a parade marching through a city street lined with spectators. It captures a group of uniformed individuals marching in rows through an urban environment, flanked by an audience along the sidewalk. The background features tall buildings with American flags. Street lamps and architecture contribute to the historical feel of the image, suggesting an early 20th-century setting. The perspective and sepia tone enhance the historical atmosphere, capturing a moment of order, attention, and public interest.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

"Colored Veterans of the 15th Regiment, 369th Infantry, Marching up Fifth Avenue, New York City"

Keystone View Company

Date
February 1919
Medium
stereoscopic gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image (each): 7.9 × 7.5 cm (3 1/8 × 2 15/16 in.) sheet: 7.9 × 15.2 cm (3 1/8 × 6 in.) mount: 8.8 × 17.9 cm (3 7/16 × 7 1/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2023.39.142
Credit line
Ross J. Kelbaugh Collection, Purchased with support from the Ford Foundation
Time span
1901 to 1925
Department
CPH
Original NGA record

Subjects and terms

  • portrait
  • American
  • Street
  • New York City
  • African American
  • Parade
  • Stereograph
Provenance

Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.

Inscription

along left edge of mount printed in black ink: Keystone View Company / Copyrighted, Underwood & Underwood / Manufacturers MADE IN U. S. A. Publishers; top center: 47; along right edge: Meadville, Pa., New York, N.Y., Portland, / Oregon, London, Eng., Sydney, Aus.; bottom right: V19244-Colored Veterans of the 15th Regt., 369th Infantry, / Marching up Fifth Avenue, New York City.; on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, top right in graphite: 14K / AF078

NGA object ID 227160. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.