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Parades

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on large public processions of a festive nature, usually including a marching band, and held in honor of an anniversary, person or event. Works on the action of a group of persons moving or marching along in orderly succession in a formal or ceremonial way are entered under Processions.

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

A man and two women in an auto ride at the Elks Convention Parade, circa 1909

 Item — Box 1
Identifier: A1994-051-005
Scope and Contents

The postcard is a purple photolithograph of a man and two women in a decorated car. There are flowers surrounding the entire car. The caption reads "A Private Auto in Parade." The postcard was made for the 1909 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Convention in Los Angeles, California.

Dates: circa 1909

Elks' Circus and Parade in Joliet, Illinois, postcard, circa 1909

 Item — Box 1
Identifier: A1994-026-004
Scope and Contents

Real photo postcard of the Elks' Circus in Joliet, Illinois. There is a parade with a float of a fish and people dressed up as clowns. People lined the street on either side with some in horse-drawn carriages.

Dates: circa 1909

Fort Collins Lodge, No. 804, parade float postcard, 1901-1907

 Item — Box 1
Identifier: A1994-079-004
Scope and Contents

Real photograph postcard of a decorated float with an Elk on a platform that reads "Fort Collins B04 BPOE."

Dates: 1901-1907

Panorama photograph of Glendale Lodge, No. 1289, parade participants, 1915

 Item — Folder 1
Identifier: A2001-096-001
Scope and Contents Black and white panorama photograph of Glendale Lodge, No. 1289, participating in a patriotic parade in Los Angeles, CA, in 1915.The photograph shows men wearing white suits and panama hats, carrying parasols made from stars and stripes fabric. Inscribed in the white ink in the lower left corner is "No. 535 M.F.Weaver Box 1290 L.A." "Glendale 1289 B.P.O.E. Parade L.A. CAL. 1915" is inscribed in white ink in the lower center of the photograph. The verso shows a stamp: Bledsoe Photo Co., Los...
Dates: 1915