1938 Daffodil Pageant. Queen Bliss Lundrigan and her attendants Agnes Kucemba, right, and Bernice Daniel take their place in the reviewing stand to reign over the parade's 39 entries in Tacoma. For the first time in the Puyallup Valley Festival's 5 year history, the Royalty wears official robes. The costumes worn by the attendants are symbolic of three Pacific Northwest features; the white blouses represent the snows of Mt. Rainier, the yellow vests the fields of daffodils and the green skirts the waters of Puget Sound. Queen Bliss's skirt and robes are of purple for royalty. (T.Times, 4/2/1938, p. 1)

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Daffodil Pageant. Seven Rainbow Girls dressed in costumes to represent the seven colors of the rainbow stand beside their float. Henderson Machine Works and the Modern Apartments appear in the background. (T.Times, 4/2/1938, p.1).

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1938 Daffodil Pageant. Tacoma City Light float depicts a unique Art Deco-style building surrounded by trees and flowers. The float moves down Pacific Avenue past the Daffodil Queen's reviewing stand on 10th Street. (T.Times, 4/2/1938, p.1).

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1938 Daffodil Parade. The Rotary Club, Tacoma #8, float took fourth place in the Civic Club Division. It was one of 23 floats entered in the 5th annual daffodil parade. Adams Brake Service building in background. The morning of the parade dawned clear and cloudless, and blessed with the appearance of that rarest of Northwest spring visitors, the sun. (T.Times, 4/2/1938, p.1).

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Daffodil Pageant. The Young Mens Business Club float took third place in the Civic Club Division. The large float featured a young woman with arms outstretched like a butterfly. (T.Times, 4/2/1938, p.1).

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Daffodil Pageant. Young Mens Business Club float. Young woman standing on top of a floral fountain with four children surrounding her. The float was one of 23 entered in the Tacoma parade. (T.Times, 4/2/1938, p. 1).

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First Annual Bicycle Race Meet and Parade held August 5, 1938. Bird's-eye view of parade of bikes and people downtown. The parade started at 2:30p.m. Friday afternoon as hundreds of young people pedaled their decorated bikes from 8th and Commerce through downtown streets and ended up at the Stadium Bowl.

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Two young boys, dressed in shorts and sporting skinned knees, pose on their decorated bicycles at the first annual Bicycle Race Meet and Parade held August 5, 1938 at the Stadium Bowl. The boys are tentatively identified as Junior Holquist, age 6, from Sprague St. and Bob Lasham, age 5, from 2709 S "J" St. The meet was jointly sponsored by the Tacoma Times and the Parks Department.

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First Annual Bicycle Race Meet and Parade held August 5, 1938 at the Stadium Bowl. "Major Hoople" on "Leaping Lena" shaking hands with a boy on another decorated bike, most resembling a Daffodil Parade float. Major Amos B. Hoople was the cartoon star of the newspaper comic "Our Boarding House," created in 1921 by Gene Ahern. Hoople was a long winded stuffed shirt, usually identified by his overflowing midsection. The comic strip took place in Martha Hoople's boarding house and ran for six decades. The boys are tentatively identified as William Kennedy of 5318 So. Fife and Albert Dock of 5315 So. Junnett.

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Hundreds of costumed children on gaily decorated bicycles filled the streets of Tacoma on August 5, 1938 as they took part in the First Annual Bicycle Race Meet and Parade. The parade started at 8th & Commerce, wound through the downtown streets and ended at the Stadium Bowl. The riders were cheered by thousands of spectators. Kids without bicycles could get loaners so that they could take part in the races held in the Stadium Bowl. Prizes were given for best decorated bikes, funniest costumed riders, craziest looking bicycles and oldest bicycles. The top prizes were new, 1939 Schwinn "World" bicycles with all of the latest accessories. (T. Times 7/25/1938, pg. 1- 8/6/1938)

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First Annual Bicycle Race Meet and Parade held August 5, 1938 at the Stadium Bowl. A large group of people in Stadium Bowl field getting ready for the races. Bikes are still covered with flowers and streamers from the parade.

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The First Annual Bicycle Race Meet and Parade held August 5, 1938 at the Stadium Bowl. Five girls pose at the end of the parade with their decorated bikes. Thirteen judges or officials, with lapel ribbons, stand behind them. Sheriff John C. Bjorklund is one of the judges and stands on the back row, one from the right.

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First Annual Bicycle Race Meet and Parade, held August 5, 1938 at the Stadium Bowl. A long line of costumed riders and their decorated bikes pose after the parade. Prizes were given for best decorated entries, funniest costumes, craziest looking bicycles and oldest bicycles. Over 1500 youngsters took part in the day's fun.

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First Annual Bicycle Race Meet and Parade held August 5, 1938 at the Stadium Bowl. Seven girls in costumes and dresses pose with their trophies, medals and prizes. One small girl with ringlets holds a loving cup, while the older girls show off their prizes. The prizes include a new bicycle, sunglasses, a jacket, shoes and a watch.

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The First Annual Tacoma "Bike Meet" was held on Friday August 5, 1938. Hundreds of young Tacomans decorated their bicycles to participate in the parade that started downtown and ended at the Stadium Bowl. After the parade, there were competitive races held on the Bowl track. A Tacoma boy dressed like the comic strip character "Major Hoople," in baggy pants and a stuffed shirt, tips his hat as he stands astride his scooter "Leapin Lena." A young boy, in black mask and hat as the Lone Ranger, sits on a rocking horse, a banner with "Hi Ho Silver" on it, flies behind him. The boy on the right has a new take on "paper boy," his clothes are made out of the Tacoma Times. By the end of the day, three lucky Tacoma youngsters had won new bicycles as prizes.

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The Tacoma Times-Metropolitan Park District First Annual Bicycle Race Meet and Parade was held on August 5, 1938 at the Stadium Bowl. Three boys posed with their decorated bikes after the parade. The bicycle on the right is decorated with red, white and blue crepe paper bunting and sports several American flags. An Uncle Sam look-alike is the rider. The boy in the middle pays tribute to Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan with his "Corrigan's Special." In 1938, after many governmental refusals for a transatlantic flight permit, Corrigan set off to fly from New York to California in a fog and ended up in Ireland, supposedly due to a compass failure. The man who thumbed his nose at government officials became a national folk hero. The third bike has a sign "Quick Oats." Hundreds of children competed in the street parade and all-city meet. More than 300 prizes were awarded, including wrist watches and medals and as grand prizes, new bicycles. (T.Times 8-5-38, p. 1-article; T. Times 8-6-38, p. 1-article)

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Celebrating P.W.A. funding to begin Narrows Bridge construction, a parade of automobiles and motorcycles are seen crossing a bridge. More than 500 automobiles and trucks participated in the event organized by a committee of local business districts. The parade began at Union Station and wound through Tacoma streets until it reached the Stadium Bowl where a crowd of 5,000 listened to speeches from local dignitaries. (T. Times, 7/1/1938)

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Narrows Bridge celebration. Parade on South Tacoma Way, led by Standard Oil gasoline fuel truck, passes Ludwig's Drug and Lang Hardware. More than 500 cars and trucks participated in the event organized by a committee representing the business districts.

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A parade of automobiles on Pacific Avenue passes Peoples Department Store celebrating the grant from the Progress Works Administration to build a bridge over the Narrows. Huge "Your Credit Is Good" sign on Schoenfeld's in the distance. More than 500 automobiles and trucks paraded through city during the celebration. They ended at the Stadium Bowl, where a crowd of 5,000 heard speeches by Governor Clarence Martin, Senator Homer T. Bone, Representative John Coffee and Senator Lewis B. Schwellenbach, among others. (T. Times, 7/1/1938).

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A parade of trucks, panel vans, and automobiles on Pacific Avenue passes the Peoples Department Store. More than 500 automobiles and trucks participated in the parade celebrating the P.W.A. $2,700,000 grant to erect the Narrows bridge. The grant would cover about 45 % of the cost and funds would need to be raised to cover the remainder. (T. Times 7/1/1938, pg. 1)

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Children pose with their decorated bicycles at the Stadium Bowl, the terminus of the August 5, 1938 bicycle parade sponsored by the Tacoma Times and the Park Recreation Department of the Metropolitan Park District. Some of the more creative entries are a covered wagon and an airplane. The parade started at 2:30p.m. at 8th and Commerce, as hundreds of children wound through downtown streets and on to the Stadium Bowl to the cheering of thousands of proud parents. Prizes were given for the best decorated entries, funniest costumed rider, craziest looking bicycle and oldest bicycle. The top prizes were three 1939 Schwinn "World" bicycles with all the latest accessories- knee-action, motorcycle-type kick stand, rear vision mirrors and fore wheel brakes. (T. Times 7/25/1938, pg. 1 - T. Times 8/6/1938)

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Young girls in costumes pose with their decorated bicycles for the judges to decide on the best decorated and funniest at the August 5, 1938 1st Annual Bicycle Race Meet & Parade. The parade of decorated bikes and their riders started downtown and ended at the Stadium Bowl. The days fun was sponsored by the Tacoma Times and the Park Recreation Department of the Metropolitan Park District. The races and parade had over 1500 participants. (T. Times 7/25/1938, pg. 1 - 8/6/1938)

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1939 Commerce Street Business Men's Club Dog Parade. Judges pose for portrait on the flatbed of a truck. Prizes, including a "Hi Speed" wagon, are lined up on the front of the wagon. The Red Rooster Cafe's neon sign is prominent in background. (T. Times, 4/24/1939, p. 1)

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The Commerce Street Business Men's Club Dog Parade, held April 22, 1939. Girls and their dogs walk in one line, boys and their dogs walk in another. Two of the boys are dressed in matching cowboy outfits. Crowds watch from 9th and Commerce. (T. Times, 4/24/1939, p. 1)

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Commerce Street Dog Parade, April 22, 1939. Children and dogs anxiously wait to hear the winners' numbers announced for 70 prizes awarded after the parade. Nearly 1,000 dogs were shown. Participants wear baseball caps they received. Each participant received a cap, an ice cream treat and a treat for their dog. (T. Times, 4/24/1939, p. 1)

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1939 Commerce Street Dog Parade. Clowns carry a banner announcing "Dog Show, Sat. Sun. April 29th. 30th." This was an advertisement for the upcoming all breed dog show to be held on those dates. A large parade of children and dogs follow behind the banner along Commerce St., south of Ninth St. (T. Times 4/24/1939, p. 1)

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Commerce Street Business Men's Dog Parade. A cluster of girls walk with their dogs in the April 22, 1939, parade. One, wearing a nurse's costume, is pushing her pet in a doll buggy. Smiles on faces in the crowd show it was a fun day for all. Several of the girls wear the baseball caps given to each participant. (T. Times, 4/24/1939, p. 1)

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Commerce Street Businees Men's Club Dog Parade. Lining-up and receiving last minute instructions, adults and children with their dogs are backed-up on Commerce Street north of the Winthrop Hotel for the dog parade. 1000 dogs were entered and marched before crowds estimated in the thousands. (T. Times, 4/24/1939, p.1)

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Commerce Street Business Men's Dog Parade. The April 22, 1939, parade has ended, sidewalks clear, and parents, children, and dogs wait for the judges' decisions. Proud children pause to pamper their faithful pets. (T. Times, 4/24/1939, p. 1).

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The Commerce Street Business Men's Club Dog Parade, held on April 22, 1939. Children walking with their dogs in a parade on Commerce Street. One child dressed in a clown suit, straw hat, & beard, is holding two costumed dogs on leashes as they pass by the Roxy Theatre. (T. Times, 4/24/1939, p. 1).

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