Who doesn’t love a parade?
This photograph of a parade in Rossville, Georgia, was taken by Chattanooga Free Press photographer Delmont Wilson in October 1950.
A deep dive into the photo seems to show the Rossville High School Band marching in what could have been a football homecoming parade that fall. (Cheerleaders in a convertible trailing the band have the letter “R” on their sweaters.)
The photo recalls a time in the middle of the 20th century when there was a bustling retail district on Rossville Boulevard in the heart of Rossville, complete with 5- and 10-cent stores, furniture stores and jewelry stores.
U.S. census records show that the population of Rossville in 1950 was 3,897, which almost matches the modern-day (2019) estimate of 4,009.