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Title: Power on Parade: The Origins of the Veiled Prophet Celebration in St. Louis
Description: History of the Veiled Prophet parades and other events in Saint Louis, starting in the 1870s. Organized by business owners and instituted following bitter labor-management strikes, and based, according to the author, "as an expression of class control," with illustrations of the figure inspired by a Medieval Moslem prophet.
Date: 1993
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Parade Scene
Description: Float in unidentified parade heading south along Grand Avenue near 14th Street.
Date: 1900
Object Type: Photograph

Title: The Show with a Big-Top Flavor: Folksy, Gaudy--and First-Rate
Description: Photos and article about "the Kansas City American Royal," the "world's biggest indoor horse show" with various events, displays, and contests such as "Wild West barrel racing," marching bands, cattle parades, and the Belles of the American Royal, etc.
Date: 1966-10-10
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Some of Our Friends
Description: Photo and biographical sketch of Charles Bush, a leader of marches in the Priests of Pallas parades for consecutive years in Kansas City.
Date: 1897-10-15
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Parade Scene
Description: Float in unidentified parade heading south along Grand Avenue near 14th Street.
Date: 1900
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Parade Scene
Description: Military unit in unidentified parade heading south along Main Street near 14th Street
Date: 1900
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Parade Scene
Description: Military unit in unidentified parade heading south along Main Street near 14th Street
Date: 1900
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Parade Scene Along Grand Street
Description: Unidentified child watching parade along Grand Avenue near 14th Street.
Date: 1900
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City....The Way We Were
Description: Photo of a Shriners parade in front of Union Station in 1924, "looking west along Pershing road to Main street."
Date: 1981
Object Type: Book

Title: P40 American Royal Parade Photographs Finding Aid
Description: This collection contains 44 photographs of the American Royal Parade by amateur photographer, Carl A. Flueckinger. The photographs show scenes from the American Royal parades ca. 1948-1950.
Date: 1948/1950
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: Priests of Pallas, Oxen Team
Description: Postcard showing Ezra Meeker's oxen team in Motion at the 1910 Priests of Pallas Parade.
Date: 1910
Object Type: Postcard

Title: American Royal Parade
Description: Photograph of a car in the American Royal Parade. A sign for Elko Camera can be seen. Paradegoers are in view in the background.
Date: 1950~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Spanish-American War Military Parade
Description: Uniformed troops from the Spanish-American war marching southward on Grand Avenue through a victory arch at 9th Street.
Date: 1898
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fourth of July
Description: Photos, illustrations, and information on the Fourth of July or Independence Day celebrations in Kansas City history, with hot-air balloons, parades, and fireworks, etc.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Saint Patrick's Day Parade
Description: Information about the Saint Patrick's Day Parade in Kansas City, traditionally along Grand Avenue around noon on Saint Patrick's Day. In 2009 the route of the parade changed to Westport, beginning on Broadway at 33rd Street and going south to 43rd Street.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Sells Floto Circus Parade at 11th and Main
Description: View of people watching a Sells Floto Circus parade at 11th and Main Streets in Kansas City, Missouri. The circus wagon is partially visible.
Date: 1915-07-05
Object Type: Photograph

Title: General Ike's Day in Kansas City
Description: Photos and biographical article about General Dwight Eisenhower, a high-ranking military leader (and later President) returning from World War II Europe to his native Midwest (raised in Kansas) for a speech at Liberty Memorial and parade down Grand Avenue in Kansas City.
Date: 1945-07
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Kansas City Blues Queen in Parade
Description: View of Kansas City Blues Queen in convertible leading parade honoring the baseball team.
Date: 1954
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Blues and Kansas City Blues Queen
Description: Group portrait of Kansas City Blues, Kansas City Blues Queen, and unidentified officials outside Municipal Stadium before parade honoring the baseball team.
Date: 1954
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Main Street Parade
Description: Unidentified soldiers parading north along Main Street near Missouri Avenue. Included in view on right corner is Bullene Bros. & Emery Dry Goods and Marble Hall is across the street.
Date: 1872
Object Type: Photograph

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