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- Notes:
- Flatbed truck for Winegar Appliance Shop carrying a cowboy, a horse statue, and gas ranges, during a parade on Monroe Avenue.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Military unit, including men and women, marching and saluting
- Date Created:
- 1941-11-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- G.A.R. Parade Float for the G.A.R. reunion parade on Monroe Ave. Black pickup truck decorated with bunting and with a sign “Grand Rapids Circle no. 41, Ladies of the G.A.R.” Four women in white dresses are seated on a bench on the bed of the pickup.
- Date Created:
- 1925-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Santa Claus Parade on Monroe Avenue at Division, downtown Grand Rapids. Shown are Peck's Drugstore, Goebbels & Brown Sporting Goods and the Civil War monument. This annual Christmas parade was sponsored by Wurzburg's Department Store.
- Date Created:
- 1947-11-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- "Kazoo in '42" ship float
- Date Created:
- 1941-08-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Men and women riding Fire Department truck
- Date Created:
- 1941-08-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- American Legion "Voiture"
- Date Created:
- 1946-11-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Flag bearers and marching band on the march. View down Monroe Avenue (Monroe Center) from Fulton Street.
- Date Created:
- 1950-08-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Men saluting as flag bearers march by
- Date Created:
- 1944-08-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- A Drum and Bugle band with five snare drums, one base drum, one with set of cymbals, and seven bugles.
- Date Created:
- 1935-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- People walking down street
- Date Created:
- 1944-11-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- A float with four young women, one on a throne designated as "Hostess" of the parade. Sponsored by the Pantlind and Morton Hotels.
- Date Created:
- 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Gov. Green’s first campaign for governor of Michigan. ”The man worth while is the man with a smile,” says the Green for Governor sign, which is propped up next to an overturned wooden basket with green onions on top and another sign saying “Strong for Green.”
- Date Created:
- 1926-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- "Kazoo in '42" ship float
- Date Created:
- 1941-08-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- G.A.R. Parade Float during the big soldiers’ reunion. The image shows a float with wide marble steps flanked by eagles in flight, with an arch overhead marked “Peace.”
- Date Created:
- 1925-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Gov. Green’s first campaign for governor of Michigan. Fred W. Green is shown riding an elephant, with a crowd of unidentified men standing around.
- Date Created:
- 1926-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Marching band marching
- Date Created:
- 1941-08-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Marching bands in front of Monument Park. In the background is the construction site for Herpolsheimer's.
- Date Created:
- 1948-08-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Santa Claus Parade on Monroe Avenue at Ottawa in downtown Grand Rapids. Photo shows parade floats of a horse and Felix the Cat. This annual Christmas parade was sponsored by Wurzburg's Department Store. Photo taken on November 14, 1942.
- Date Created:
- 1942-11-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- The "Grand Old Party" float. On the front of the float is life size papier mache elephant, while at the rear is a chair mounted high in the air with steps leading up to it.
- Date Created:
- 1925-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Clowns with a float going down the street during the Santa Claus Parade.
- Date Created:
- 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Float with Santa Claus and his reindeer and sleigh during the Santa Claus Parade.
- Date Created:
- 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Parade entry of a team of Oxen pulling a covered wagon with signs that read "Free wheeling in the days of '49" and "Oxen don't shimmy, cars do, we stop shimmy. Gear Wheel Aligning Station, 210-12 Ionia Ave. N"
- Date Created:
- 1935-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Overview of parade, bird's eye view looking down Monroe Avenue (now Monroe Center). Stores include Miller's, Van Dusen's, Jandorf's and Peck's.
- Date Created:
- 1941-11-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Float from the Grand Rapids Furniture Centennial Parade, July 7, 1936. The Centennial commemorated the first commercial furniture made in Grand Rapids in 1836 in Deacon Haldane's workshop. Float shows people dressed in costume as Native Americans and a fur trapper or explorer. Sign on float reads: “Mill & Factory Supply Group.”
- Date Created:
- 1936-07-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Train on Monroe
- Date Created:
- 1941-08-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- "Train" float sitting at the ready
- Date Created:
- 1944-08-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Men marching down street
- Date Created:
- 1941-08-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Gov. Green’s first campaign for governor. A long line of people is marching down the street, which is lined with onlookers. Many unidentified storefronts are visible along the street. At the near left side of the image is a man on a stepladder who appears to be filming the parade.
- Date Created:
- 1926-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Float from the Grand Rapids Furniture Centennial Parade, July 7, 1936. The Centennial commemorated the first commercial furniture made in Grand Rapids in 1836 in Deacon Haldane's workshop. Close-up view of float.
- Date Created:
- 1936-07-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Men on truck with gun
- Date Created:
- 1941-11-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Red Cross float
- Date Created:
- 1941-08-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Bus converted to look like train engine
- Date Created:
- 1948-08-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Marching band. View down Monroe Avenue (Monroe Center) from Fulton Street.
- Date Created:
- 1950-08-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Clowns pulling floats that spell "XMAS" down Monroe avenue in downtown Grand Rapids during the Santa Claus Parade.
- Date Created:
- 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- In October of 1928. The image shows a street lined with people. Over the street is an arch of evergreen boughs that spans the street and is topped with an American flag. Just below the flag hang the letters: “Welcome to Allendale.” In the center of the street stands one man, apparently cutting the ribbon that is stretched from side to side.
- Date Created:
- 1928-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Marching bands in front of Monument Park. In the background is the construction site for Herpolsheimer's.
- Date Created:
- 1948-08-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Man at podium
- Date Created:
- 1944-08-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Soldier standing at microphone
- Date Created:
- 1945-11-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Group of young women on stage and a man in costume standing at a microphone during the Red Flannel Day parade.
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Two men in uniform sitting
- Date Created:
- 1944-08-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Float from the Grand Rapids Furniture Centennial Parade, July 7, 1936. The Centennial commemorated the first commercial furniture made in Grand Rapids in 1836 in Deacon Haldane's workshop. Float shows “early” and “modern” furniture examples with women dressed in period clothing.
- Date Created:
- 1936-07-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- People walking down the street
- Date Created:
- 1944-11-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Flag bearers leading military unit
- Date Created:
- 1945-11-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Flag bearers cross in front of Herpolsheimer's
- Date Created:
- 1950-08-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Woman pushing carriage with small boy in antique stroller with a sign on the side: "1884, Born 50 years too soon."
- Date Created:
- 1935-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Grand Army of the Republic Parade Float of the American Legion with a Spanish war veteran, Civil War veteran, World War I veteran. Taken at the time of the G.A.R. convention in Grand Rapids, 1925. The float appears to be the same one as pictured in image no. 193. Eight men in military uniform are standing or sitting on top of the float. The men are identified as:
1.Earl Snyder, World War I; 2.Corp. F. H. Denning, World War I; 3.Henry H. Spring, World War I; 4.Charles Trepke, sailor, World War I; 5.John T. Major, Union Veteran; 6.Roy Walker, Union Veteran; 7.Alfred Clawson, Union Veteran; 8.R. Russell, Union Veteran;
1927
- Date Created:
- 1925-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- A float sponsored by the Gas Company with a banner reading "Born 100 Years Too Soon," before ready availability of hot water.
- Date Created:
- 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- Men in military jeeps
- Date Created:
- 1941-11-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Notes:
- A parade down Ionia Street during Gov. Green’s first campaign for governor. The float pictured is marked “Employees [of] Hale’s Mill – we’re grinding for Green.” Aboard the float are white sacks of grain and men in white.
- Date Created:
- 1926-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)