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Parade on a street in downtown Los Angeles

Description: View of a procession led by police or soldiers in uniforms with rifles on a downtown street in Los Angeles, California, with crowds watching, and stopped automobiles and streetcars; photographers can be seen at lower right. Visible signs include advertisements for Catalina Island, Rainier Lime Rickey, the Hollywood Bowl, and Hotel Morris.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1932
Call number: photCL_555_05_135
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Military parade on Broadway in Los Angeles, California

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Image of crowds on the sidewalk watching soldiers in military uniforms walk down the 700 block of South Broadway during a parade in downtown Los Angeles, California, with automobiles and streetcars in the background. Visible storefront signs include "Millinery Center North Bldg.," "Graysons," "Leed's," "Woolworth," and "Pig n' Whistle."

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July 4th military parade on Broadway, Los Angeles, California

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Image of men in military uniforms with rifles in formation crossing 7th Street while walking down South Broadway during a parade of military and civilian defense units in downtown Los Angeles, California, on July 4, 1942. Visible storefront signs include "Millinery Center North Bldg.," "Leed's," "Woolworth," "Loew's State," with the theater marquee advertising: "Sothern-Skelton 'Maise Gets Her Man,' MacDonald Eddy, ' I married an Angel,'" with flags and a banner: "Enjoy a safe and sane 4 July Coliseum."

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Tank, Freedom Parade, South Broadway, Los Angeles. 1944

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A tank proceeds down South Broadway in downtown Los Angeles as part of the Freedom Parade. Two men in uniform are sitting in the open top hatch of the tank and two more are visible through opened drivers' hatches. The sides of the streets are lined with crowds and signs announce "The Four Freedoms War Bond Show", presented by Bullock's on February 22nd.

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I.W. Baird’s famous minstrels : streets blockaded to see the matchless musical & military parade free to all

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Image of a street parade led by a band leader and a row of boys in red Zouave military uniforms holding rifles with bayonets and followed by band members in long formal coats and top hats playing musical instruments and carrying a central banner containing a portrait of minstrel show proprietor I. W. Baird with his signature at lower right of banner.

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Law enforcement officers on South Main Street, Los Angeles

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Image of uniformed California Highway Patrol officers standing with CHP superintendent Eugene Biscailuz in a suit, third from right, and a Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy, second from right, on South Main Street in downtown Los Angeles, California, with crowds visible, as well as automobiles and motorcycles. Visible signs for businesses include "Hotel Santa Rita," "Petersen Motor Car Co. Used Automobiles, Martin Petersen," "Dolliver and Bro.," "Osann Sewing Machine Agent."

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Parade with mountain railway float on Hill Street, Los Angeles

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Image of a parade scene on Hill Street between Fifth Street and Sixth Street in downtown Los Angeles, California, showing spectators and people on horseback watching a float showing a cable railway on a mountain. This may be a depiction of the Mount Lowe Railway included in the 1894 La Fiesta de Los Angeles parade. The large building with towers beyond the trees is Hazard's Pavilion (located at Fifth Street and Olive Street) and the Leonard J. Rose Mansion can be seen on the hillside of Bunker Hill.

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Parade on a street in downtown Los Angeles

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