Parades

Men saluting and a band march down a street in a 35th Division Reunion parade in Omaha, Nebraska. President Harry S. Truman (not in photo) attended this reunion during his western trip. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

As part of a joke played on Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly (background, right, in suit and tie), an African-American marching band led Mr. Connelly and Press Secretary Charles Ross (partly obscured by trumpeter) into the gates of the Little White House in Key West, Florida. They were in Key West to join President Harry S. Truman on vacation. All others are unidentified.

In a joke being played on Appointment Secretary Matthew Connelly and Press Secretary Charles Ross upon their arrival at Key West, Florida, African-American baton twirlers and a marching band lead them to the Little White House. They are in Key West to join President Harry S. Truman and his party on vacation. Mr. Ross can be seen on the far left, behind the band, wearing a bow tie. On the extreme right, from right to left, are Stanley Woodward, General Harry Vaughan, Margaret Truman, and General Wallace Graham. All others are unidentified.

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.