Parade Participants likely in Jerome Park, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1916
Description:
Five African-Americans with drums and a large American flag pose for a group photo. The posters in the background are for Richards the Wizard, who was an active magician touring from 1910-1930.
'Child Power reigned over Hoffman Street last night when 12 area youths staged a parade down to the Wiles Hill street. Said Mrs. Karl Engle, mother of two of the youngsters: "The children did this all by themselves, the parents did not help them at all." David Fawley, 18 months old and his sister Marsha 6, reigned as King David I and Queen Marcia. Shown are Sandy Hess, Ruth Engle, Patty Fawley, Jennifer Davis, Marcia and David Fawley, Shawn and Cindy Overley, Kenneth Ray Lindamood, Joanne Lemmon, Rachel Engle, Kersten Davis, Stephanie Davis, Grant Overley and Carl Sullivan. Invitations to area residents were distributed. (Photo by Shelby Young.'
'The 1958 Labor Day parade is enacted in a loacale very similar to that of today. The tenants may be different, but the buildings have changed very little.'