Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Photograph of a man on a horse in a parade
late 1940s -1950s
Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A black and white photograph of a parade in downtown Greenville, Mississippi. Captured from the side and slightly in front of the parade, the photograph depicts members of a fraternal organization walking as part of a parade procession in the center of a street. From left to right, two men walk together followed by a man (Arthur Peyton) on a horse, a younger man holding and waving an American flag, followed by additional men behind him. Most of the men wear fez-style caps with tassels, some of the hats are dark in color and others are light. Spectators are visible in the background, gathered on the sidewalk in front of buildings. One of the buildings has an advertisement for Coca-Cola painted on the side and another has a sign for Jax beer. The photograph has a narrow white border.
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2012.137.28.21
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