Blinded Veterans Association March in Boston

Print, Photographic

Accession Number:
2014.13.2.91
Description:
Black and white print; a group of men march in loose formation as onlookers standing on the sidewalk clap; most wear suits but some march without jackets; many carry long canes and some wear dark glasses; one man toward the rear of the formation uses a dog guide; a man in the second rank wears a Civil War kepi and has a Confederate flag over his shoulder; most of the men are white but two African-Americans march in the middle of the formation; the man second from the left in the front rank is Lloyd Greenwood; a uniformed drummer with "Army Band" on the side in seen in the immediate left foreground; in the background are subway station entrances on the Boston Common.
Print Size:
8" (h) x 10" (w)
Date:
1951
Credit Line:
Gift of the Carroll Center for the Blind, 2014.13