Image of a parade with a woman seated on a chair hung with roses holding a banner that reads "Peace and Prosperity," she wears white robes and a diadem the reads "Columbia" and is draped with an American flag; bald eagle and laurel wreath sit amongst flowers at her feet; men wearing military uniforms and ethnic garb from their respective countries cheer and throw floral bouquets with various messages of goodwill attached, including China, England, Germany, Japan, Italy, Persia, Austria, Canada, Cuba and others; image of the millinery building and storefront at "649-651-653-655 Broadway New York" at top right; circular frames along left margin feature American achievements like sky scrapers, yachts, steel, the Panama Canal, artist.s, train cars & engines, and agricultural implements. "Copyright 1902 by J. Ottman Litho. Co. New York."--text, bottom right margin. "Jas. G. Johnson. / Thos. J. Colton. / Jas. M. Bingham."--text, top left of image. "We / keep up / with the / procession / and have added / 20,000 sq. feet / of floor space / to our / establishment."--text, top right of image. "Departments: / straw goods, felt & fancy hats, / silks & velvets, ribbons, / laces, ornaments, / feathers, fancy feathers, / ostrich feathers, / misses & children's trimmed hats, / pattern hats & bonnets, / hat & bonnet frames."--text, bottom right of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 86.84 x 122.08 cm (34 3/16 x 48 1/16 in.)
Advertising--Clothing and dress Agricultural machinery--Pictorial works Ethnic costume--Pictorial works Hat trade Men's clothing--Pictorial works Military uniforms--Pictorial works Panama Canal (Panama) Parades--Pictorial works Storefronts--Pictorial works Jas. G. Johnson & Co Lithographs--Color--1900-1925. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Fashion Large Size The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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