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"McCormick Day"

Date: 06 03 1899
Description: Crowd gathered on the main street to witness the delivery of McCormick binders, mowers and other machines to customers. McCormick Harvesting Machine Compan...
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Meat Packers Parade Float

Date: 1931
Description: A large float decorated with a farm scene and blanketed with flowers moves down a city street (possibly Michigan Avenue in Chicago). The float is part of t...
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Wisconsin Centennial Parade

Date: 05 29 1948
Description: Wisconsin Centennial Parade near the Wisconsin State Capitol. The Mazomanie float is titled: "John F. Appleby Invents Twine Knotter in Mazomanie," and is p...
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Sauk County's Wisconsin Centennial Parade

Date: 08 14 1948
Description: Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus float in Sauk County's Wisconsin Centennial Parade on street downtown with a large crowd in the street and park...
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Parade on Main Street

Date: 1899
Description: View of a marching band parading beneath a decorated arch on Main Street. Onlookers line both sides of the street. American flags are flying over the road ...
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Parade Celebrating 100th Anniversary of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church

Date: 08 01 1953
Description: Pictured on the float in a parade celebrating the 100th anniversary of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Cross Plains is a group of men and women garbe...
Postcard

Ringling Brothers Circus Parade

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Description: Photographic postcard of an elevated view of the Circus Parade on a rainy day. Crowds of people line the street, and many are holding umbrellas.
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Elevated View of Parade

Date: 1895
Description: Elevated view of parade, looking down a broad street. It has been suggested but not verified that this view is in Superior, Wis.
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Parade on Main Street

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Description: View down sidewalk towards people standing along a street in town and watching a parade. Coming down the unpaved street are people on decorated horse-drawn...
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Street Carnival with Ferris Wheel

Date: 1912
Description: View from sidewalk of a street carnival with tents, circus banners and a Ferris Wheel set up in the middle of the street. Signboards advertise ice cream an...
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"Sane Fourth" Parade

Date: 1916
Description: A Fourth of July parade on S. Carrol Street featuring decorated vehicles. Flags are hanging from the sides of commercial buildings.
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Hartford Liberty Loan Parade

Date: 07 04 1918
Description: Elevated view of a parade, including a large American flag carried by several men. Spectators line the streets and some are standing on rooftops. A banner ...
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Jackie Band — Liberty Loan Parade

Date: 07 1918
Description: Elevated view of a marching band coming down a street playing instruments. They are followed by marching soldiers, who are followed by marching nurses. Bys...
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Liberty Loan Parade

Date: 07 1918
Description: Elevated view of Red Cross nurses marching along a street, holding the Red Cross flag. Bystanders flank the street. Overhead, a banner reads "YOU Stand Bac...
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Winterama

Date: 01 1968
Description: Elevated view of a crowd of people with snowmobiles standing on both sides of a snowy street downtown. There is a sign for a barbershop on the left, and a ...
Postcard

Spring Green Fair

Date: 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "Spring Green Fair." A parade through a town on an unpaved road. A horse-drawn buggy is decorated with "Erin Go Bragh" flags and folia...

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