Parades

View of a procession near the Tokai Do railroad line at an unidentified town in Japan. All people are unidentified.

View of a procession along the Tokai Do railroad line, somewhere in Japan. All people are unidentified.

Military parade ground on the island of Corregidor, Philippines. The soldiers on the parade ground are all unidentified.

Robert M. Walker and Joe Yasbeck, Jr. work on a papier-mache figure that became a hammer-swinging Uncle Sam on a railroad organization's Inaugural Parade float.

Floatbuilder Earl Hargrove constructed paper-mache animals at the Washington, D.C. National Guard Armory for Inaugural Parade floats. The longhorn appeared on the Texas float, the eagle served as bowpiece on the Missouri Float, and the other cattle pictured were placed on various Kentucky floats.

Paul Riedel and Earl Hargrove discuss an artist's sketch from which they constructed floats for the Inaugural Parade. On the wall are sketches for floats for (top, left to right) North Carolina and Kentucky, (center) Communications Workers of America and an early Kentucky sketch, (bottom) Missouri and Texas. Partially blocked by Riedel's hat is another Kentucky float sketch.

Design for the Missouri Inaugural Parade Float drawn by Frank B. Nuderscher of St. Louis, Missouri. The Missouri float, constructed at the Washington, D.C. National Guard Armory, led all other floats in the Inaugural Parade held January 20, 1949.

Design for the Missouri Inaugural Parade Float drawn by Frank B. Nuderscher of St. Louis, Missouri. The Missouri float, constructed at the Washington, D.C. National Guard Armory, led all other floats in the Inaugural Parade held January 20, 1949.

The design for the American Federation of Music float seen in the Inaugural Parade held January 20, 1949. Meant to honor piano-playing President Harry S. Truman, the float depicts a 30 x 11-foot piano decorated in red, white, and blue, atop which rides a 25-piece band.

The Miami, Florida Police Department Motorcycle Patrol Unit participated in the 1949 Presidential Inaugural Parade. All are unidentified.