The Tacoma Safety Council's "Horror Parade," also called the Safety Show parade. The parade was intended as a macabre reminder of the fruits of careless and reckless driving. The first prize winner was this wrecked automobile in tow with a person portraying an accident victim laying across seat with a sign saying, "Oh Why ! Didn't I Get My Brakes Repaired Yesterday?" (T. Times 2/26/1937, pg. 1)

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The Tacoma Safety Council "Safety Show Parade", also called the "Horror Parade," wound through the streets of Tacoma on Saturday, February 27, 1937. The float sponsored by the Tacoma General Hospital featured two nurses attending a man in traction on the back of a flatbed truck. This group of children watched the parade from the sidewalk across the street from an unidentified Tacoma school. The parade travelled through the major streets of Tacoma for two hours warning parade viewers about the horrors of reckless driving. Another float in the parade showed a body hanging out of the passenger side of a badly damaged car. (T. Times 2/26/1937, pg. 1)

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Tacoma Safety Council "Horror Parade," also called the Safety Show parade. Tacoma General Hospital float on the flatbed of a truck. Participants include two nurses and an attendant caring for a man in traction lying on hospital bed. Ice delivery truck and school yard in background. (T. Times 2/26/1937, pg. 1)

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In one of its oddest parade turns, the Tacoma Safety Council presented the "Horror Parade," also called the Tacoma Safety Council Safety Show parade. The parade was intended to serve as a tragic reminder for reckless and careless drivers. The first prize winner was this wrecked automobile in tow with a dummy laying across seat. The sign says "Oh Why ! Didn't I Get My Brakes Repaired Yesterday?" Children on bicycles watch the macabre parade which traversed the main streets of Tacoma for two hours. (T. Times 2/26/1937, pg. 1)

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The Tacoma Safety Council Safety Show Parade, also called the "Horror Parade." The parade visually showed the effects of careless and reckless driving to the citizens of Tacoma. The Tacoma General Hospital float has two nurses attending a man in traction on the back of a flatbed truck. (T. Times 2/26/1937, pg. 1)

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Make way for the Buckingham Apartments version of the 1937 Daffodil Parade! Eight children from the apartment building at 1001 North Yakima Avenue donned costumes and held their own parade on April 8, with dandelions filling in for daffodils. Sharon Lloyd Detlofsen leads off the parade on a tricycle, followed by drum major Roberta Powell, Robert Hagstrom, Queen Marilyn Powell, Delores Detlofsen on her scooter, Press agent Jacqueline Brown, Cowboy Bruce Bowman and clown Roy Howell. Sonny Gange, left on grass, provided what every parade needs, an enthusiastic spectator. (T. Times 4/9/1937, pg. 18-article & alternate photograph)

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Tired of waiting for the official Daffodil Parade, these kids from the Buckingham Apartments,1001 No. Yakima Ave., decided to stage their own parade on April 8th, 1937. Using dandelions to pinch hit for daffodils, the kids, fully costumed and made up, carried a sign stating "See the Daffodil Parade on Saturday." Ready to start their parade are, front row (l to r), bicycle cowboy Bruce Bowman, Dolores Detlofson, Sharon Lloyd Detlofson and Robert Hagstrom. Back row (l to r), Sonny Gange, Queen Marilyn Powell, Parade press agent Jacqueline Brown, Drum Major Roberta Powell, and parade clown Roy Howell. (T. Times 4/9/1937, pg. 18)

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1937 Daffodil Parade. City of Puyallup's float, "Romance of the Daffodils", parked in the 1900 block of Jefferson Avenue. Northern Laundry and "76" service station and other buildings in background.

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1937 Daffodil Parade. Three patrolmen on motorcycles proceed a military unit, military band and flag bearers marching down Ninth Street to Pacific Avenue. (T. Times, 4/10/1937, p. 1)

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1937 Daffodil Parade. Close-up of Festival Queen Dorothy I (Lyons) and her attendants, Eugenia Spencer of Tacoma and Hazel Phillips of Puyallup, standing on the reviewing stand at Tenth Street and Pacific. (T. Times, 4/10/1937, p. 1)

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1937 Daffodil Parade. Puget Sound Broadcasting Co.'s (KVI) float depicted a musical theme with a daffodil-covered harp, musical notes, and CBS logo. An apartment building, number 1726 above the door, is in the background. (T.Times, 4/10/1937, p.1)

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1937 Daffodil Parade. City of Puyallup float followed by two other floats moving south along the 900 block on Pacific Ave. Capacity crowds line the sidewalks in front of Pacific Avenue buildings. The 1937 parade was one of the most heavily attended in years. (T. Times, 4/10/1937, p. 1)

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1937 Daffodil Parade. Tacoma Kiwanis Club float emphasizing the club emblem is parked on Jefferson Street in front of American Marble and Granite Co. Neighborhood buildings in background. (T. Times, 4/10/1937, p.1)

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1937 Daffodil Parade. Snappy All-woman marching band representing the Daughters of Veterans stopped on Pacific Avenue in front of the Provident Building. Crowd and buildings in background. The 1937 parade was one of the most heavily attended in years, with crowds at Broadway jammed halfway up the block on 9th and 11th. (T. Times, 4/10/1937, p. 1)

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1937 Daffodil Parade. Decorated reviewing stand on South Tenth Street at Pacific Avenue. Buildings in the background include storefront businesses: Haines Picture Shop, 119 So. 10th, owned by Claude E. Haines, and Leon E. Kahn's Kahn Hat Manufacturing Co., 117 1/2 So. 10th. (T. Times, 4/10/1937, p.1)

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1937 Daffodil Parade. Carsten's Packing Company float moving south on Pacific Ave. past the 900 block. Butcher with large knife stands in front of huge ham. Decorated with 35,000 daffodils and winner of Grand Sweepstakes Prize. (T.Times, 4-10-1937, p.1)

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1937 Daffodil Parade. City of Sumner float on Ninth Street at the corner of Pacific Avenue. Capacity crowds fill the sidewalks. Buildings in background. (T. Times, 4/10/1937, p. 1)

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1937 Daffodil Parade. Flag bearers from the Wild West Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars lead the way for the parade down Ninth Street to Pacific Avenue. They are followed by a marching band and a horseback unit. The bands represented in the 1937 parade were the Musicians Union, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) band, Lincoln High School and Stadium High School. The Motoramp Garage can be seen on the right. (T. Times, 4/10/1937, p. 1)

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1937 Daffodil Parade. Lincoln Citizen's Club float carrying Lincoln Business District's special Queen and her court. Six young women wearing daffodil crowns. The float, decorated with 30,000 daffodils, won Division II honors. (T. Times, 4/10/1937, p.1)

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The 1937 Daffodil Parade. City of Sumner float carrying the festival's Queen Dorothy (Lyons) and her two attendants. Forty-five thousand daffodils were used to decorate the float. It is passing a "Donut" shop at Tenth St. on Pacific Ave. Individuals watch the parade go by from second story windows. (T. Times, 4/10/1937, p.1)

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1937 Daffodil Parade. Tacoma Chamber of Commerce's "Tacoma Recreation" float features skiing theme and mountain. In the 900 block of Pacific Ave., a National Geographic photographer snaps a color photograph of float. (T.Times, 4-10-37, p.1)

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1937 Daffodil Parade. Tacoma Retail Trade Bureau's "Romantic Garden" float. California Florist's panel truck parked on street. Two-story brick building in background. (T.Times, 4/10/1937, p. 1)

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1937 Daffodil Parade. Tacoma Retail Trade Bureau's float entitled "Romantic Garden." Billboard across the street advertises: "Mobilgas Ethyl, a new high in performance." (T. Times, 4/10/1937, p. 1).

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1937 Daffodil Parade. The "S. S. Tacoma" Seed Company float, a boat replica built around an automobile sedan. Three early 19th Century Tacoma wooden houses are in the background. (T. Times, 4/10/1937, p. 1)

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Tacoma & Puyallup Young Men's Business Clubs (YMBC) float, a replica of the "S.S. Beaver" the first steamboat on Puget Sound, won first place in Division I, Service Club entries, in the 1937 Daffodil parade. The float is parked in front of a large three-story brick bldg. (T. Times 4/10/1937, pg. 1)

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1937 Daffodil Parade. Festival Queen Dorothy Lyons with attendants Eugenia Spencer and Hazel Phillips, standing on decorated platform on Tenth St. at Pacific Ave. Reviewing stand adorned with four, classical pedestals & daffodils. (T. Times 4/10/1937, pg. 1)

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Third Division Review held at Fort Lewis May 13, 1937. Soldiers march with rifles over their shoulders in front of military and government officials. (T. Times, 5/14/1937, pg. 1)

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Military officers and dignitaries in the reviewing stand at Fort Lewis during the May 13, 1937 review of the Third Division. It is worth noting that the army still used covered wagons pulled by mules to transport supplies (far left). (T. Times 5/14/1937, pg. 1)

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Photographs of the Third Division Review held at Fort Lewis May 13, 1937 with various public officials and high ranking officers in attendance. In this picture, troops march before the reviewing stand as planes zoom overhead. (T.Times 5/14/1937, pg. 1)

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Third Division Review, held at Fort Lewis on May 13, 1937. Soldiers stand beside mules hitched to spoke-wheel field artillery. a memorable transition to a modern motorized army of tanks and aircraft. The mules still played an important role in the military despite the mechanization of the army. (T. Times 5/14/1937, pg. 1)

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