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Armistice Day parade, Boy Scouts and automobiles, Long Beach. November 11, 1922

Description: A panoramic view of the 1922 Armistice Day Parade in Long Beach. Troops of Boy Scouts are marching on Ocean Avenue, past Lord & Taylor, Hotel Schuyler, and Hotel Kinnebac, after having turned right off of Pine. Behind the last of the scouts on behind there is a row of automobiles, some decorated with American flags. 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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Date: November 11, 1922.
Call number: photCL 470 (150)
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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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Armistice Day parade, marines and sailors, Long Beach. November 11, 1922

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A panoramic view of the 1922 Armistice Day Parade in Long Beach. Service men in uniform are marching in formation on Ocean Avenue, past Lord & Taylor, Hotel Schuyler, and Hotel Kinnebac, after having turned right off of Pine. The lines of men marching down Ocean are marines, and those on Pine are sailors. 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 and roofs of buildings along the parade route.

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Armistice Day parade, aerial guns, Long Beach. November 11, 1922

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A panoramic view of the 1922 Armistice Day Parade in Long Beach. Service men in uniform are marching in formation on Ocean Avenue, past Lord & Taylor, Hotel Schuyler, and Hotel Kinnebac, after having turned right off of Pine. Next in the procession is a line of men driving aerial guns (antiaircraft guns?) down Pine. 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 and roofs of buildings along the parade route.

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Armistice Day parade, sailors and marines, Long Beach. November 11, 1922

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A panoramic view of the 1922 Armistice Day Parade in Long Beach. Service men in uniform are marching in formation on Ocean Avenue, past Lord & Taylor, Hotel Schuyler, and Hotel Kinnebac, after having turned right off of Pine. Most of the marching men are sailors, with the exception of a few rows of marines at the far left. 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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Armistice Day parade, buses and jitneys, Long Beach. November 11, 1922

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A panoramic view of the 1922 Armistice Day Parade in Long Beach, as the crowds are dispersing. Buses and jitneys are parked along the side of Pine, with large groups of spectators waiting to climb on. Automobiles are traveling on Ocean Avenue, past Lord & Taylor, Hotel Schuyler, and Hotel Kinnebac. The end of the parade, with a line of automobiles, is visible on the far left, where the crowds have yet to disperse.

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