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    • Joan of Arc, City Park

    • Joan of Arc, City Park

    • Children; Festivals; Floats (Parades)

    • View of a girl dressed as Joan as Arc, standing atop a decorated wagon drawn by a boy. A crowd of onlookers of various ages stands around the float. The Liberty float is partially visible at left. This City Park pageant included forty floats...
    • John T. Mendes Photograph Collection
    • Children's Play Week

    • Children's Play Week

    • Children; Festivals; Floats (Parades); Parades & processions; Flowers

    • View of a group of children and some adults, gathered around a child's float with a rider who wears blackface. Two other children are also seen wearing blackface and are costumed to make them look raggedy. All others in the group, except one...
    • John T. Mendes Photograph Collection
    • Children's Play Week

    • Children's Play Week

    • Children; Festivals; Flags; Floats (Parades); Goats

    • View of a goat-drawn child's float with a girl rider. The goat bears a motto that reads "The goat that will get the Kaiser's goat." The float is decorated with patriotic symbols and includes a picture of Woodrow Wilson and the slogan, "Over the...
    • John T. Mendes Photograph Collection
    • Children's Play Week

    • Children's Play Week

    • Children; Girls; Festivals; Floats (Parades); Spectators

    • View of a girl, Miss Maria Tufton, riding a three wheel float with the theme "Mollie Pitcher, 1776". Molly Pitcher, often referred to as folklore, represents women who helped on the battlefield. A second float shows a boy and girl dressed as...
    • John T. Mendes Photograph Collection
    • Children's Play Week

    • Children's Play Week

    • Children; Festivals; Flags; Bicycles & tricycles; Spectators

    • View of a young boy costumed as Uncle Sam riding a tricycle. Two flags are attached to tricycle, one the American flag and the other possibly the flag of Great Britain. A float with a girl rider depicting Betsy Ross, is partially visible in the...
    • John T. Mendes Photograph Collection
    • Children's Play Week

    • Children's Play Week

    • Children; Festivals; Floats (Parades); Parades & processions

    • View of several children's floats that participated in the pageant at City Park on the opening day of Play Week. One small float, being pulled by a young man, carries a little girl rider. Another girl is seen standing behind that float and...
    • John T. Mendes Photograph Collection
    • Statue of Liberty, City Park

    • Statue of Liberty, City Park

    • Children; Festivals; Floats (Parades)

    • View of a patriotic pageant held at City Park on September 1, 1918, to kick off Play Week, a nationwide event. The local event was organized under the auspices of The Women's Committee, State Council of National Defense. Two home-made floats can...
    • John T. Mendes Photograph Collection

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