Fairyland and Christmas parade for children, the day after Thanksgiving, November 29, 1935. Four clowns ride on a float with the sign " Merry Christmas, Happy New Year." This is possibly the "mechanical clown" float referred to in the news stories. Crowd of spectators stand at 9th and Broadway watching the float pass by. The Bostwick block is on the right with the Medical Arts Building across the street. (T. Times 11/28/1935, pg.1; 11/29/1935, pg.1; 11/30/1935, pg. 9)

Floats (Parades)--Tacoma--1930-1940; Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Holidays--Tacoma--1930-1940;

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)

Floats (parades)--Tacoma--1930-1940; Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1937 : Tacoma); Lyons, Dorothy;

Governor's Review of National Guard at Fort Lewis. Large crowd of spectators gathered on a hill to observe the largest military review up to that time. Flag bearers followed by military unit on parade grounds. Governors from Washington, Oregon and Montana were present to watch 14,000 regular army and national guard troops pass in formal review. This is possibly the 161st regiment, Washington National Guard, from the 81st Infantry Brigade. (T. Times, 8-21-37, p. 1, 8-23-37, p. 1)

Military parades & ceremonies--Fort Lewis;

The 38th Infantry Band, led by Warrant Officer L.A. Yost, plays during the Third Division Review held at Fort Lewis May 13, 1937. The show of military might was attended by many public officials and high ranking military officers. (T. Times 5/14/1937, pg. 1)

Military parades & ceremonies--Fort Lewis; Military bands; Yost, L.A.;

On August 29, 1936, Bremerton's Assistant Fire Chief Ernest Yett, left, and Fire Chief S.B. "Skippy" Lent posed with four unidentified girls and their favorite dolls prior to the Bremerton Pet Parade. Over 264 youngsters marched in the parade sponsored by the Retail Merchant's Association. They carried dolls, wore costumes or were accompanied by their pets. Fire Chief Lent would retire in 1936, after 26 years of service with the department; 11 as a volunteer and 16 years as Fire Chief. Assistant Chief Lett was the only man in the city eligible to test for the vacant Chief position. (Bremerton Sun 8/31/1936, pg. 1; 12/12/1936, pg.1 - Lent retirement).

Parades & processions--Bremerton; Girls--Bremerton--1930-1940; Toys; Dolls; Fire fighters--Bremerton--1930-1940; Yett, Ernest; Lent, S.B.;

Bremerton's children's pet parade, held August 29, 1936. Several children holding dolls and pushing doll carriages walk in the parade past the Shell service station and Parker Lumber Co. The two children in the lead are a boy and girl dressed in Dutch costumes. The streets are lined with spectators of all ages. (Bremerton Sun 08-31-1936, pg. 1)

Parades & processions--Bremerton; Girls--Bremerton--1930-1940; Toys; Dolls; Parker Lumber Co. (Bremerton);

This group of elaborately costumed Tacomans took part in the annual Toyland Parade on the morning of November 27, 1936 through the streets of downtown Tacoma. The first float in the parade carried Santa Claus in a giant sled pulled by 2 white reindeer. The Toyland Parade was the official opening for the Christmas shopping season. (T. Times 11-28-1936 p.11)

Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Costumes; Masks

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)

Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Floats (Parades)--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma Safety Council (Tacoma);

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)

Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Floats (Parades)--Tacoma--1930-1940; Tacoma Safety Council (Tacoma); Tacoma General Hospital (Tacoma);

Fairyland and Christmas parade for children, November 29, 1935. Marching band at corner of 9th and Broadway. This large band is unidentified, it is one of three in the parade. The bands hailed from the Musicians' Union, Stadium and Lincoln High Schools. The Bostwick Block can be seen at the right, the Bostwick Hotel on the upper floors with the "Credit Dentist" Walter Whetstone below. On the left hand side is the Caswell Optical Co., followed by the Medical Arts Building. (T. Times 11/28/1935, pg.1; 11/29/1935, pg.1; 11/30/1935, pg. 9)

Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Holidays--Tacoma--1930-1940; Marching bands;

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).

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

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)

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

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;

This float, apparently entitled "Daffodil Daze," was decorated with three giant daffodils and a multitude of blossoms. Standing on the float is believed to be 1972 Daffodil Festival Queen, Paula Achziger. The parade itself has not been identified; it possibly could be the Seafair Parade which was held in late July of 1972.

Floats (Parades); Daffodils;

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)

Floats (parades)--Tacoma--1930-1940; Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1935 : Tacoma); Medosweet Dairies, Inc. (Tacoma);

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.

Floats (parades)--Tacoma--1930-1940; Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1935 : Tacoma);

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)

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

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;

Float constructed for the celebration of the P.W.A. $2,700,000 grant to begin construction on a bridge across the Narrows. Standing on a truck bed, construction workers display a sign: " We Pledge our Cooperation - Structural Iron Workers Union Local 114." Floats preceded the event at the Stadium Bowl, attended by over 5,000. (T. Times, 7/1/1938, p. 1).

Floats (Parades)--Tacoma--1930-1940; Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Celebrations--Tacoma--1930-1940; Narrows Bridge Celebration (Tacoma); Structural Iron Workers Union, Local 114 (Tacoma);

Puyallup Civic Club's entry led the parade with Daffodil Festival Queen Bliss Lundrigan and her attendants Agnes Kucemba and Bernice Daniel standing before a gateway arch with a model of Mountain Rainier completing the float design. (T.Times, 4/2/1938).

Floats (parades)--Tacoma--1930-1940; Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1938 : Tacoma);

Daffodil Pageant. Tacoma Chamber of Commerce float features a building scene below Mount Rainier. Sign on float: "Puyallup Valley the Daffodil Center of America." Floats congregated at 21st and Market Street before the parade. (T.Times, p. 1).

Floats (parades)--Tacoma--1930-1940; Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1938 : Tacoma);

1938 Daffodil Festival Parade. Kelley Lake Boy Scout Troop 94 members play campfire songs on guitars and harmonicas while they wait aboard their club float for the parade to begin. (T.Times, 4/2/1938, p.1)

Floats (parades)--Tacoma--1930-1940; Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1938 : Tacoma); Boy Scouts of America, Troop 94 (Kelley Lake);

Daffodil Pageant. The Improved Order of Redmen, the oldest American organization in the United States, celebrated the theme Boston Tea Party with colonials, Indians, and a tepee aboard their float. Their motto: "freedom, friendship and charity." (T.Times, 4/2/1938, p 1).

Floats (parades)--Tacoma--1930-1940; Parades & processions--Tacoma--1930-1940; Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival (1938 : Tacoma); Improved Order of Redmen (Tacoma);