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Souvenir Floral Festival Sept 4th 1894 (No. 1) at Saratoga Springs & Prospectus of A Greater Saratoga with Views and Plans of Proposed Park,

In 1893, wealthy Boston merchant Franklin Webster Smith, a regular summer resident of Saratoga Springs, established The Floral Festival Association of Saratoga Springs as part of his vision for "a greater Saratoga." Attempting to counter Saratoga's…

Tags: 19th century, Broadway, business, civic life, development, Floral Fete, illustration, map, parks, pictorial, plan, restaurants, tourism

Map of Saratoga Springs with principal streets and points of interest issued by the entertainment committee of the Forty-First National Encampment of the G.A.R., to be held in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Sept. 9 to 16, 1907.

Most maps show us a static moment in time; the G.A.R. parade map shows an event and suggests movement . An arrow hand points to where the parade starts, at Woodlawn Park. Major attractions along the parade route are included, including churches,…

Tags: civic life, Civil War, GAR, map, parade, veterans