Sixth Annual Daffodil Parade. "Spirit of Electricity" float moves past the Riviera Theatre followed by marching band. (T. Times, 4/1/1939, p. 1)

Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1939 : Tacoma); Floats (Parades);

Sixth Annual Daffodil Parade. One of the most elaborate floats was the Rotary International float with girls dressed in international costumes carrying flags of their countries. (T.Times, 4/1/1939, p. 1)

Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1939 : Tacoma); Floats (Parades);

Sixth Annual Daffodil Parade. Simply dressed, Daffodil Queen Bette I of Sumner, and her royal attendants Lucile and Doris Anderson. 20-year-old Bette Lee is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Lee. Lucile Anderson represented Tacoma and Doris Anderson was Puyallup's representative (T.Times, 4/1/1939, p. 1- alt photograph; TNT 3-22-1939, p. 1-article & photograph of Bette Lee)

Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1939 : Tacoma); Lee, Bette; Anderson, Lucile; Anderson, Doris;

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)

Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1937 : Tacoma); Festivals--Tacoma; Floats (Parades)--Tacoma--1930-1940;

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)

Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1937 : Tacoma); Festivals--Tacoma; Floats (Parades)--Tacoma--1930-1940;

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)

Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1937 : Tacoma); Festivals--Tacoma; Floats (Parades)--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma Seed Co. (Tacoma);

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)

Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1937 : Tacoma); Festivals--Tacoma; Reviewing stands; Lyons, Dorothy; Spencer, Eugenia; Phillips, Hazel;

The float entered by the Medosweet Dairy, second place winner in Division IV, commercial entries. The float is centered around a huge bottle of milk covered with flowers. Two tones of daffodils were used to represent cream and milk. (filed with Argentum)

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A Sumner-Orting-Fairfax-Tacoma bus festooned with daffodils; the Constanti entry in the 1935 Daffodil Parade. The floats lined up on Jefferson Avenue, preparing for the parade on Broadway and Pacific Ave.

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Daffodil Festival. The four tier, 35 foot tower of daffodils used as the reviewing stand. The pylon was covered with 200,000 bright yellow blossoms. (T. Times 4/20/1936, pg. 3)

Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1936 : Tacoma); Festivals--Tacoma; Reviewing stands;

A cedar and daffodil covered float passes in front of the reviewing stand during the 1936 Daffodil Parade. The float design incorporates a small house, yard and windmill. Stock negative. (T. Times 4/20/1936, pg. 3)

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The Tacoma Retail Trade Bureau's float moving down Pacific Avenue during the 1936 Daffodil Parade. Daffodils cover fountain and tree shapes on the float and a sign announces: "To our neighbors". Stock negative. (T. Times 4/20/1936, pg. 3)

Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1936 : Tacoma); Festivals--Tacoma; Floats (Parades)--Tacoma--1930-1940;

The Daffodil Parade reviewing stand on So. 10th Street & Pacific, a 35-feet-high, four-tiered structure covered with 200,000 daffodils. The pylon was the photo opportunity of the third annual Daffodil Festival. The old bank building at 10th and Pacific, overhead streetcar wires, and the ruins of The Tacoma Hotel punctuate the background. (T. Times 4/20/1936, pg. 3)

Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1936 : Tacoma); Festivals--Tacoma; Reviewing stands;

A closer view of the Daffodil Parade reviewing stand on So. 10th Street & Pacific, a 35-feet-high, four-tiered structure covered with 200,000 daffodils. Queen Helen Edgerton of Puyallup and her court will later view the parade from this vantage point. (T. Times 4/20/1936, pg. 3)

Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1936 : Tacoma); Festivals--Tacoma; Reviewing stands;

On April 18, 1936, Daffodil Queen Helen Edgerton poses in the doorway of the 35 foot daffodil "tower" that served as a reviewing stand for the Daffodil Parade. The pylon was covered with 200,000 daffodils and was located at the corner of 10th and Pacific. Members of her court stand in front. They are, left to right, Alice Margaret Woods of Tacoma, Helen Rockway of Sumner and Joy Lundrigan of Puyallup. (T. Times 4/20/1936 , pg. 3)

Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1936 : Tacoma); Festivals--Tacoma; Reviewing stands; Edgerton, Helen; Woods, Alice Margaret; Rockway, Helen; Lundrigan, Joy;

The 1946 Daffodil parade drew one of the largest crowds in parade history. Many Pierce County businesses, organizations and schools signed up to appear in the parade. View of Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company float covered in beautiful daffodils. Three unidentified telephone employees are holding telephones, large telephone on rear of float. TPL-8693 (TNT 3/31/1946, pg. 1)

Daffodils--Puyallup; Parades & processions--Puyallup; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1946 : Puyallup); Floats (Parades)--Puyallup;

The float entered by the Veterans of Foreign Wars glides down the parade route in Puyallup at the first post World War II Daffodil Parade, held March 30, 1946. It features a depiction of the globe and is manned by Lady Liberty and representatives of the various branches of the service. The parade was the first held in three years due to its termination during World War II. TPL-8695 (TNT 3/31/1946, pg. 1)

Daffodils--Puyallup; Parades & processions--Puyallup; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1946 : Puyallup); Floats (Parades)--Puyallup;

The 1946 Daffodil Parade almost didn't take place. The Planning Committee was not figuring on a parade, until the Puyallup Chamber of Commerce stepped forward to sponsor it. Plagued by a shortage of post war trucks and chassis, the parade was not only beautiful, but ingenious, and patriotic. Here, the Riverside 4H float is appropriately pulled by a tractor. It features young girls in a pen with baby animals and is followed by flag bearers. TPL-8696

Daffodils--Puyallup; Parades & processions--Puyallup; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1946 : Puyallup); Floats (Parades)--Puyallup;

The 1946 Daffodil parade was expecting one of the largest crowds in Puyallup history to gather to watch the festivities. In just a short amount of time many community businesses, organizations and schools gathered together and wanted to participate in the traditional procession. View of Puyallup Camp Fire Girls standing behind their daffodil covered float.

Daffodils--Puyallup; Parades & processions--Puyallup; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1946 : Puyallup); Floats (Parades)--Puyallup;

The 1946 Daffodil parade was expecting one of the largest crowds in Puyallup history to gather to watch the festivities. In just a short amount of time many community businesses and schools gathered together and wanted to participate in the traditional procession. View of Puyallup Lodge No. 32 Ancient Order of United Workmen parade float. Queen Gloria Dinwiddie, Caryn Chervenka and unidentified male attendant standing in front of float.

Daffodils--Puyallup; Parades & processions--Puyallup; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1946 : Puyallup); Floats (Parades)--Puyallup;

Daffodil Parade, Times. Queen Doreen Moody (a junior at Sumner High School) and Princesses Jerene Fly (from Puyallup High School) and Joy Lundgren (a senior at Stadium High School) are riding on a float specially prepared for them by City Light. Queen Doreen wearing a crown of daffodils and a dark robe sits next to the upward facing trumpet of the large daffodil whose petals form the seats for Princess Jerene and Princess Joy. A few members of one of the bands performing in the parade are seen in the background. (TNT, 4/3/1948, p.1)

Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1948 : Tacoma); Moody, Doreen; Fly, Jerene; Lundgren, Joy; Queens; Princesses; Parades & processions--Tacoma--1940-1950; Floats (Parades)--Tacoma--1940-1950; Daffodils--Tacoma; Teenagers--Tacoma;

Daffodil Parade, Times. The Afifi Shrine Circus float showed three members seated in thrones wearing turbans, long beards and decorated robes while two others are dressed as island natives under a palm tree with fans to cool the nobles. They are displaying their neon emblem on the side of their float. (TNT, 4/3/1948, p.1)

Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1948 : Tacoma); Parades & processions--Tacoma--1940-1950; Floats (Parades)--Tacoma--1940-1950; Afifi Shrine Circus (Tacoma); Electric signs--Tacoma--1940-1950; Fraternal organizations--Tacoma--1940-1950;

Five children, bundled up against the cold, sit on the curb to watch the 15th Annual Puyallup Valley Daffodil Parade. Held on April 3, 1948, thousands of Tacomans and out-of-town visitors lined Broadway and Pacific Avenues to watch the 100-unit parade. Ted Brown, the chairman of the festival, estimated that 1,000,000 daffodils were used to decorate the many floats. The Daffodil Queen, Doreen Moody, shared the attention of the crowd with Gretchen Fraser, who had just won a gold medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics. TPL-9606

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1948 Daffodil Parade, Times. Roses and daffodils tumble from the Horn of Plenty depicting Tacoma as the City of Plenty.

Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1948 : Tacoma); Parades & processions--Tacoma--1940-1950; Floats (Parades)--Tacoma--1940-1950; Daffodils--Tacoma; Cornucopias; Roses;

Daffodil Parade, Times. Tacoma's Women's Clubs sponsored a float for the Freedom Train that was making its way around the United States carrying copies of 127 great American documents important to the history of the United States for citizens to see. The Freedom Train, sponsored by the American Heritage Foundation, was to be in Tacoma April 8, 1948. A man stands in front of the float dressed as an engineer. (T.Times, 4/1/1948, p.1)

Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1948 : Tacoma); Parades & processions--Tacoma--1940-1950; Floats (Parades)--Tacoma--1940-1950; Daffodils--Tacoma; Freedom Train;

Exposure of Stadium High School majorettes, marching band and drill team during the 1952 Daffodil Parade turning from 9th onto Pacific Ave. The 19th annual Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival had a 15 mile long parade made up of 70 floats, 21 bands, 28 marching units and three mounted groups. The parade formed in Tacoma at 17th and Broadway for a 10 a.m. kick off time moving north on Broadway to 9th, down 9th to Pacific, and down Pacific to 19th Street. (TNT 4/5/1952, pg. 1)

Celebrations--Tacoma; Festivals--Tacoma; Parades & Processions--Tacoma--1950-1960; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1952 : Tacoma); Drill teams; Stadium High School (Tacoma)--1950-1960; Marching bands;

A floral ship pulled by leaping goldfish carries a evening gown clad woman and two young sailors in the 1952 Daffodil Parade. This float was the entry by the Tacoma Savings and Loan Association and won second place in the organization division. Tacomans were warned against plucking daffodils off the floats as they passed through town as all entries had to complete the entire three-city parade route to be eligible for awards and would need every flower to look their best for judges. (TNT 4-5-1952, pg. 1-2)

Celebrations--Tacoma; Festivals--Tacoma; Parades & Processions--Tacoma--1950-1960; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1952 : Tacoma); Floats (parades)--Tacoma--1950-1960; Tacoma Savings & Loan Association (Tacoma);

Husky dogs "mush" up a floral mountain carrying a sledded bottle, in this 1952 Daffodil Parade float sponsored by Cammarano Brothers, bottlers of carbonated beverages. It is followed by the entry from Nora's Bridal Shop, a lovely spring bride in a wide hooped dress, wide enough to hide the car that moves the float.

Parades & processions--Tacoma--1950-1960; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1952 : Tacoma); Festivals--Tacoma; Floats (Parades)--Tacoma--1950-1960; Cammarano Bros. (Tacoma);