Parades

Inaugural parade float featuring agriculture and re-enactors representing early settlement in Nebraska. Crowds of people line the streets.

Inaugural parade float featuring landscapes and native Puerto Ricans representing Puerto Rico. The United States Capitol Building can be seen in the distance.

Inaugural parade float representing the Communication Workers of America (CWA) featuring telephone lines connecting the Capitol to a globe. All people on the float are unidentified.

Inaugural parade float representing Kentucky agriculture, specifically butter production.

Inaugural parade float representing the American Federation of Labor (AFL) featuring the construction of a cornerstone, as the float stated that the AFL was the "cornerstone of prosperity." A float for the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) can be seen behind the AFL float.

Maryland Inaugural parade float featuring representations of the 1649 Maryland Toleration Act. A group of men in uniform can be seen marching behind them.

Inaugural parade float representing Idaho which features recreational activities such as skiing and hunting.

Inaugural parade float representing Louisiana which features symbols of Mardi Gras festivities.

Inaugural parade float representing Mississippi, featuring swans and two young women in formal gowns.

Adolf Hitler (right, saluting) salutes as a parade of vehicles and troops go past on review in Warsaw, Poland. All others are unidentified. From a series of captured German photographs.