Title:
May Day Parade, Orange, California, 1949
Subject:
Orange (Calif.)
Business districts
Parades & processions
Floats (Parades)
May Day Parade--Orange (Calif.)
Plaza Theater--Orange (Calif.)
Lucy's Beauty Salon--Orange (Calif.)
Description:
Float in May Day Parade, Orange, California, 1949, on South Glassell Street. Image shows float decorated with a swan at
the front with ribbons as reins held by a young woman dressed in a winged costume. Behind the float is the Plaza Theater
with "THRILL SHOWS / AFRICA SPEAKS / GOOMA GOOMA" on the marquee. Lois's Beauty Salon is at the left, and part of the OWL
CIGAR sign painted on the side of the Ehlen and Grote building can be seen along a small access road. Crowds line the street
and watch from upstairs windows. The May Festival, which began in 1933 and also included the May Day Parade, continued to
be held until 1991.
Photographic print
b&w
7 x 11.5 cm.
Publisher:
Orange Public Library
Date:
1949-05
Type:
Image
Identifier:
P1217
10511374
Language:
eng
Relation:
Orange Public Library Local History Collection
Orange Community Historical Society
Historic Orange Online
Rights:
For information on copyrights and permissions, please contact Orange Public Library, Orange, California.