This photo was taken July 1, 1897 in Malone, New York during the anniversary celebration of the Jean Baptiste Society. I found an old newspaper article describing the event.
In 1960 my father was working for the USDA on Long Island, New York. He was looking through a dump one day and found this fat packet of over 100 negatives. He brought them home with him and kept them in a box. Some of the negatives had writing on their paper sleeves, and it is from this that I determined the place and time.
I have recently begun scanning them and developing them in Photoshop. Some of the photos are from the parade and the accompanying fair. Others are of well-to-do young people engaged in courting, fishing, canoeing and various leisure activities.
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