Queen of the May, 1917

retronaut |  Chris Wild

History

"April 24, 1920. New York City. "Overalls Circus Parade."

Source: shorpy

Vintage Photo

A year after women won full voting rights, these women joined in the St. Patrick's Day Parade on Fifth Avenue on March 27, 1921.

Source: wikipedia | The New York Times photo archive, Paul Thompson

Vintage Photos

This photo, taken in the late 1930s, is of the first African-American Girl Scout troop in the Dixie Region, which covered the Southern states.

 

Barbara B. Wilborn, pictured here as a Girl Scout troop leader in a parade.

Source: madamenoire | girlscouts.org | chicagotribune.com

Vintage Postcard

This postcard shows the living flag of school children in an early 1900s Decoration Day parade. The location is Sixth Street, west from Robert in St. Paul, Minnesota. The banner stretched across the street advertises St. Paul Horse Show, Lexington Park, June 23, 24, 25, 26.

 Source: postcardy-thepostcardexplorer