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Milwaukee Labor Day Parade on Wisconsin Avenue

Date: 09 03 1945
Description: Workers and soldiers marched together in Milwaukee's first Labor Day parade in many years, sponsored by the CIO, to demonstrate the common interest of all ...
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Children and Adults Participating in Milwaukee Labor Day Parade

Date: 09 03 1945
Description: The 6th Ward Contingent represented a community on the march. Black men, women and children from the CIO and AF of L, from small business, brought a messa...
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Armed Forces Day

Date: 1950
Description: Color guards marching past the Wisconsin State Capitol carrying flags as a crowd looks on.
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WCTU Float

Date: 07 11 1941
Description: Float of the Women's Christian Temperance Union in a Milwaukee parade.
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Loyal Temperance Legion Parade at Delavan

Date: 07 1892
Description: Parade of men, women, and young people attending the second convention of the Wisconsin Loyal Temperance Union at Delavan. The LTL was a branch of the Wom...
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Labor Day Parade

Date: 1955
Description: The Brooklyn Grange parade float in a Labor Day parade. Men and women on the float mimic various household and recreational activities.
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Holy Name Society March

Date: 01 13 1952
Description: Members of the Catholic Holy Name Society march from the Catholic Community Center, located at 15 East Doty Street, to St. Raphael's Cathedral as part of t...
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Syttende Mai Parade

Date: 05 16 1954
Description: Robert Jacobson, Jesse Utter, and David Drotning ride on the Knights of Pythias float during the annual Syttende Mai parade in Stoughton.
Magazine or Periodical

Wheelmen in Boston

Date: 05 30 1881
Description: Engraving of a sketch by Joseph Pennell showing a parade of League of American Wheelmen bicyclists along Commonwealth Avenue between Dartmouth Street and W...
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Men Pose Before the Parade

Date: 08 1984
Description: Huber Oechsner and Jim Polster pose with a Beck Motors parade entry.
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National League for Women's Service Float

Date: 1917
Description: Parade float on which ten women are standing, some posing with knitting needles or behind a sewing machine. Two men and one woman are standing on the groun...
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International Motor Truck Decorated as Float

Date: 08 01 1927
Description: The truck is decorated with plants and flowers, and the sign on the side reads: "International Motor Trucks," at the Am Foundrymen's 31st Annual Convention...

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