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Military parade on Broadway in Los Angeles, California

Description: 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."
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: not before 1943
Call number: photCL_555_06_1548
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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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Parade on a street in downtown Los Angeles

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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.

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President Woodrow Wilson in car during a parade in Los Angeles, California

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Image of President Woodrow Wilson, wearing a top hat, and his wife Edith Wilson in an automobile decorated with flower arrangements and American flags, surrounded by Secret Service officers, during a parade through downtown Los Angeles, California, on September 20, 1919, with crowds on the sidewalk including photographers with cameras. The Stetson-Barret Co. wholesale grocer manufacturing building is in the background.

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San Francisco. Crowds watching military parade, 1880

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Photo of crowd watching a parade in the city.

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Boys riding horses at the Urban Military Academy, Brentwood, Los Angeles

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Image of boys riding horses in military uniforms with swords at the Urban Military Academy located on Sunset Boulevard in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California.

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Armistice Day parade, Long Beach. November 11, 1922

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A panoramic view of the 1922 Armistice Day Parade in Long Beach. Men in uniforms and suits are marching in rows on Ocean Avenue, past Lord & Taylor, Hotel Schuyler, and Hotel Kinnebac, after having turned right off of Pine. Marching down Pine on the far right are groups of boy scouts. Both Ocean and Pine are lined with spectators, and vehicles, including a street car, are backed up at the corner. Spectators are also watching from the windows, roofs, and fire escapes of buildings along the parade route.

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Military parade on Broadway in Los Angeles, California

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