Front page of Um die Welt: Keppler & Schwarzmann's Illustrierte Zeitung (Around the World: Keppler & Schwarzmann's Illustrated Newspaper). View of the Veiled Prophet Parade in front of the old courthouse in St. Louis. Fireworks and various exotic animals can be seen. Revelers can be seen throughout.
The St. Mary Magdalen Boy Scout troops march in the school parade, June, 1955. Photograph donated to the St. Louis Mercantile Library by Sherlyn Maughs.
Photograph of marchers holding portaits of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during parade. Sign at left says, "Martin Luther Jr. never wavered from his basic belief that LOVE was the Negro's most powerful WEAPON"
"Recruits Parade for Visitors at Barracks: Air Corps replacement recruits in training at Jefferson Barracks showed snap and precision yesterday as they passed in review before the post commander and his staff and 15,000 visitors who were present for open-house ceremonies there."
"Part of the 15,000 Spectators: Part of the crowd at the open house at the Barracks watching a parade of the soldiers. Well represented in the group are parents, sweethearts and small brothers and sisters of the soldiers."
Tournament of Roses trophy presentation. Pictured from left: Mayor Raymond R. Tucker; John H. Poelker, comptroller of city of St. Louis; Stanley L. Hahn, President, Tournament of Roses Association; August A. Busch, Jr.
which has sponsored all St. Louis entries in the Parade since 1953. Presenting the award were Edward Wilson, cneter, president of the Tournament of Roses Association, and his wife. The 1973 entry was entitled, "Stagecoach," and won the Grand Marshal's Trophy."
"For Immediate Release: Paul Bryan, center, president of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses, Friday prsented the most coveted sweepstakes trophy for the 1974 pageant to the City of St. Louis Float. The float, ". . . A Snowflake," depicted 19th Century winter scenes, and was pulled by the famous Anheuser-Busch eight-horse Clydesdale hitch. Looking on are, from left: Joseph L. Badaracco, president of
Gymnasts from the National Hall of the Czechoslovak Society of America march down South Ninth Street in a parade, circa 1940. The parade went from National Hall to Kiel Auditorium; the group was attending a gymnastic gathering on June 30. Photograph donated to the St. Louis Mercantile Library by the Gymnastic Association Sokol.
Photograph of Twelfth Street in St. Louis looking north from St. Charles Street. The people in the street are walking along with the Liberty Bell Parade.