Small-Town Parade with Cornet Band and Church Float

A people playing musical instruments photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park.

A cornet band marching in a Fourth of July parade or for some other patriotic occasion. A horse-drawn float is following the band. Note the church, partially obscured by trees, in the background and the flag-bedecked house on the left. Baby carriages are parked in front of the house, and a woman holding a closed parasol and wearing a white dress and hat is standing on the porch.

The only clues to the origin of this real photo postcard are the "M.P. Church" ("Methodist Protestant Church"?) sign visible on the horse-drawn float, part of the band's name ("---ld Cornet") that's barely visible under magnification on the bass drum, and the letters "C.R.P." on a shirt worn by one of the marchers.