A cavalry unit passes by the reviewing stand at the July 22, 1939 Golden Jubilee Parade. The officer salutes the stand. Tacoma's Mayor Kaufman, Jubilee Hostess Queen Amy Lou Murray, Miss Pierce County Margaret Franich, as well as several military officers can be seen on the stand.

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Golden Jubilee Parade on July 22, 1939, celebrating Washington's fifty years of statehood. The frontiersman aims for a shot as the photographer takes a shot of the R.E. Anderson Co. float queued up, waiting for the parade to start. The float salutes Washington state as the "Evergreen Playground." R.E. Anderson was a real estate company that also dealt in loans, rentals, insurance and bonds. In 1939, they were located on the 4th floor of the Fidelity Building, 949-55 Broadway. The building was razed in 1949.

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The Tacoma Fire Department participated in the July 22, 1939 Golden Jubilee Parade with their circa 1890 horse drawn steam pumper. (The photograph is damaged above the pumper.) People perch on the ledge outside of second floor windows to watch the parade.

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Golden Jubilee Parade on July 22, 1939. Man standing by flatbed truck bearing display for Tacoma Building & Construction Trades Council float, "Build! Put Our Men To Work." Display is a frame constructed building. The parade entry is parked near Wright's Park at Division and Yakima.

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1940 Daffodil Parade. The Sweepstakes winner in the 7th annual Daffodil Parade was entered by the Tacoma Labor Council. A huge floral bell tolled in the center of the float, topped by doves representing peace. The float is pictured parading through Sumner. Heads of drivers can be seen among flowers on float on which four young girls are riding. Sumner floral sign and house in background. Over 26 floats were entered in the 1940 parade. (T. Times 3/30/1940, pg. 1))

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Japanese American representation at the Narrows Bridge/McChord Field Parade. On June 29, 1940 Tacoma began six days of events to celebrate the openings of both the 1st Tacoma Narrows Bridge and McChord Field, and the 4th of July. The events on July 1, 1940, included the official ribbon cutting ceremony at the bridge and a grand parade. The Japanese communities of Tacoma and Seattle were represented by a float which was preceded by a score or more of marching Japanese young women. Each of the marchers was attired in a Japanese kimono, and each carried a brightly colored, bell covered wand. Marching ahead of the women were the drum & bugle corps of the First Hill district, Seattle Boy Scouts (not pictured.) Businesses in background: left to right, The Laurel Apartments, Rowland - Hulscher Adams Brake Service, Northern Laundry Cleaning and Pressing. (T. Times, 7-2-40, p. 3). TPL-2174

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1940 Daffodil Parade; Tacoma Retail Trade Bureau float. Two young women on garden design float. 60-75,000 spectators turned out to view the 1940 parade. They were rewarded by a parade that was just under an hour long, with 26 floats, bands and marching drill teams. (T. Times)

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1940 Daffodil Parade. Rotary International float on residential street. Older wooden houses and Japanese church in background. The center focus of the float is the globe, its continents worked out in daffodils. The float placed first in the service club catagory. See series G20.1 image 130 for another photograph of the same float. (T. Times 3/30/1940, pg.1)

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The 7th annual Daffodil Parade coursed through Tacoma on March 30, 1940. On the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce float, Charlene Anderson and Wyona Diemer ride in a covered wagon pulled by two floral oxen. Between 60,000-75,000 spectators turned out to view the parade.(T. Times 3/30/1940, pg. 1)

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1940 Daffodil Parade, Brown & Haley Almond Roca float. Man and woman with three women dressed in costumes standing beside float. The float features the vacuum sealed tin of Almond Roca candy. This packaging innovation made it possible for the candy to go "to the four corners of the world." The Brown & Haley float won first place in the commercial division. (T. Times 3/30/1940, pg.1)

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Narrows Bridge - McChord Field Parade. The Tacoma Wholesalers float was one of several commercial floats in the July 1, 1940, parade. It featured an attractive brunet seated in front of a cornucopia. A model of the Narrows Bridge appears on the side. The parade through downtown Tacoma streets dually celebrated the openings of the (first) Narrows Bridge and the newest national airbase. (T. Times, 7-2-40, p. 1).

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Narrows Bridge - McChord Field Parade. Commercial floats like this one from the Tacoma Retail Trade Bureau were crowd favorites during the 1 1/2 hour parade through downtown Tacoma on July 1, 1940. Three women on the float peek out from decorated large hats. Tacomans probably saved their goofy and stylish hats from the Golden Jubilee celebration the previous year to wear them once again during the weeklong festivities. (T. Times, 7-2-40, p. 1)

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Narrows Bridge - McChord Field Parade. A shiny delivery van pulls the Brown's floral company float with its "Say It With Flowers" sign during the massive July 1, 1940, parade honoring the opening of the (first) Tacoma Narrows Bridge and McChord Field. A young florist delivery boy sits on the automobile hood with a man, possibly the owner of the company, standing next to the van. Four women are seated on the float decorated with floral sprays. (T. Times, 7-2-40, p. 1)

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Tillicum Tacoma Summerland float in the 1956 Daffodil Parade on Pacific Avenue. People wave in swimming suits and baseball caps with North Pacific Plywood Inc. building and water tower in the background.

Unidentified float in the 1956 Daffodil Parade on Pacific Avenue with North Pacific Plywood Inc. building and water tower in the background. The float depicts a mountain made out of daffodils, a sheet for the snowcap and green crepe paper grass. There is a Paul Bunyan character skiing down the mountain with a beard and a red cap.

Jordan's Sunbeam Bread float in the 1956 Daffodil Parade on Pacific Avenue. Children are on float waving and Union Station can be seen in the background.

A parade of military personnel marching down Pacific Avenue holding flags in the 1956 Daffodil Parade on Pacific Avenue. A large Coca Cola sign and what is now the Murray Morgan bridge can be seen in the background.

The Majorettes lead by Shirley Hunter at the 1954 Daffodil Parade with the Murray Morgan bridge visible in the background.

Uniformed men on horses leading a small carriage pulled by a smaller horse with a sign reading "Tacobat Grotto Horse-Show for Spastics, Sunday- May 16-54." Tacobat Grotto is a University Place fraternal organization.

Float for the Pease & Sons Appliance Center. The float behind this is carrying an accordion, guitar and piano player and what looks like a man behind a camera wearing headphones broadcasting the event. The second float has signs reading "Gospel" and "Western Aires."

Float for Art's Glass and Upholstery Shop with group trailing holding a banner for South Kitsap High in Port Orchard, Washington and a baton twirler at the 1954 Daffodil Parade.

Float for Tacoma Public Utilities with participants in dresses riding flanked by people in white suits and hats at the 1954 Daffodil Parade. Buildings with signage for BPOE and Moreland Ford Cars can be seen in the distance.

Float for Tacoma Public Utilities with Daffodil Queen waving at the 1956 Daffodil Parade. A Puyallup Furniture sign can be seen in the background.

Float for Tacoma Public Utilities with Daffodil Queen and other participants at the 1956 Daffodil Parade. A Macy's building with a Coca-Cola painted sign can be seen in the background along with a crowd on the roof of The Music Shop and a Jeweler with an obscured name.

Float for Pacific Lutheran College with participants waving and smiling below a representation of palm trees at the 1954 Daffodil Parade.

Float for Pacific Lutheran College with participants smiling below a representation of palm trees at the 1954 Daffodil Parade.

1938 Daffodil Parade. Large crowds gathered around the Daffodil Queen Bliss I and her attendants in an elaborate reviewing stand constructed at 10th and Pacific. Bliss Lundrigan, a 17 year old senior at Puyallup High School, is the reigning Queen, attended by Bernice Daniel of Tacoma, left, and Agnes Kucemba of Sumner. The trio appear in their official robes, a first for Daffodil royalty. An estimated 30,000 people attended the parade in Tacoma which continued on into the valley.

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The John Dower Lumber Co. float in the 1935 Daffodil Parade. This floral tribute was the first prize winner in Division IV, commercial entries. It displayed a miniature house, all constructed of daffodils, with real glass windows.

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The viewing stand for the 1935 Daffodil Parade, a daffodil fountain erected in Broadway Square, at 9th and Broadway. The framework for the fountain was 25 feet square and 25 feet high and was constructed by carpenters on loan from the Fisher Co., Rhodes Department store and the Hotel Winthrop. Into its chicken wire framework were thrust 100,000 daffodil blossoms, giving it a fresh, sunny yellow glow. Over 175,000 blossoms were used to decorate Pacific Avenue and over a million were used on the floats. (filed with Argentum)

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Merrill Almanac's entry in the 1935 Daffodil Parade. Two people pose by a decorated basket with "Merrill Almanac" on its side by the Seymour Conservatory in Wright Park. (filed with Argentum)

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