Description: Photograph showing a float of the United Spanish War Veterans in the Northwest Territory Sesquicentennial parade in Chillicothe, Ohio, May 9, 1938. The float was sponsored by the E.U. Weidler Camp #48 and the Captain G.W. Brandle Auxiliary #29 of the U.S.W.V. Identified left to right on the float are William A. Wolcott, Harry B. Ankrom, Mrs. Ruth Griesheimer, Claude Raynals, Mrs. Dorothy Nichols, William Drake, Elmer L. Valentine and Howard Strawser. Standing is Walter E. Owen. The United Spanish War Veterans was a fraternal organization that eventually included men who fought in the Spanish American War, the Philippine Insurrection and the China Relief Mission. It was organized into "Departments" by state, and then into smaller groups called "Camps." The organization lasted until 1992, when its last remaining member died at age 106. The Spanish American War was the shortest war in United States history, lasting less than four months. More than 15,000 Ohioans served in the militia and the volunteer army during the war during this time. Of those, few were involved in major action, although 230 died of disease. The Treaty of Paris, negotiated in part by Ohioan Whitelaw Reid, formally ended the war on December 10, 1898, and Spain relinquished to U.S. control the territories of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC1279_13_01
Subjects: Spanish-American War, 1898; Veterans; Military Ohio; Parades--Ohio; Northwest Territory--History; Fraternal organizations;
Places: Chillicothe (Ohio); Ross County (Ohio)
 

Description: Showboat publicity parade for the "Eisenbarth Henderson Floating Theatre--The Greatest of All Boat Shows" down Main Avenue in Grandview, Indiana. Ellsworth Eugene Eisenbarth was born October 22, 1864, in Ironton, Ohio. The family later moved to Wetzel County, West Virginia. By 1889, Eisenbarth was traveling the mid-Atlantic states in "The Oregon Indian Medicine Show," which featured such entertainment as real cowboys and “Indians.” He next bought a floating store, which he refitted as a showboat and christened "The Eisenbarth Wild West & Floating Opera." The endeavor lasted from 1891 to 1895. By the late 1890s, Eisenbarth and his wife Julia had founded "The Eisenbarth & Henderson Mammoth and Combined Uncle Tom’s Cabin Company," complete with calliope, band and orchestra, which also traveled throughout the middle states by rail. In February of 1900, E. E. and Julia converted a glass barge named the E. V. Poke No. 2 into "The Eisenbarth-Henderson Floating Theatre, Temple of Amusement." This showboat and its successor ("The Eisenbarth-Henderson Floating Theatre-The New Great Modern Temple of Amusement") were devoted to bringing Shakespearean plays and other dramas, such as “Human Hearts,” to the waterways. Eisenbarth also worked with a traveling company of players, perhaps to remain off the rivers during the winter months. The Temple cleared more money than almost any other boat on the Ohio River, even though it only played four nights a week and never on Sunday. Julia Eisenbarth died sometime after, and E. E. remarried in 1908 to Jennie Salina Brown. In 1909, he presented his last show on a riverboat, “The Castle.” He sold The Temple showboat to the Needham-Steiner Amusement Company that year, and although he made bids on other boats, these proved unsuccessful and The Temple ended up being his last showboat. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07563
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Showboats; Ohio River; Traveling shows; Theater--Ohio; Parades
Places: Grandview (Indiana)
 

Description: The opening parade down the racetrack at the All-American Soap Box Derby, Akron, Ohio, 1962. The first All-American Soap Box Derby race was held in Dayton, Ohio, in 1934. The race was moved to Akron in 1935, when leaders in the Akron community saw the need for the race to have a permanent location. The Works Progress Administration began construction of Derby Downs in 1936. The national competition has been held there each August ever since. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07621
Subjects: Soap box derbies--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Architecture and Engineering; Soap box derbies--Ohio; Parades
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph showing children gathered for the Columbus Division of Recreation and Parks' Lantern Parade in Schiller Park, in Columbus' German Village neighborhood, 1958. Their sign reads, "Krumm Park says, 'Welcome Alaska Our 49th State," and the children are showing off a handmade float shaped like an igloo. Krumm Park Recreation Center is now called the William H. Adams Community Center, located on Alton Avenue in Columbus. The Columbus Recreation and Parks Commission was created in 1972 with the merger of the Franklin Park Commission and Recreation Commission, two separate commissions which were founded in the early twentieth century. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA6508AV_B02_F84_01
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio)--History--20th century; Children--Ohio; Parades & processions; Floats (Parades);
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: The photograph shows a parade of men from the Knights Templar Marion Commandery marching down West Wyandot Street in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. They wear feathered hats, dark long coats with medals, and belts. They all carry staffs. A crowd is gathered on the sidewalks watching, and a horse and buggy stands stopped on the side of the brick street. Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's department store, and later as a traveling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). He was also an avid lifelong photographer, and the bulk of the Harry Kinley Collection is comprised of glass plate negatives documenting the Kinley family, the city of Upper Sandusky and Wyandot County and surrounding areas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV30_B05F05_34
Subjects: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Streets--Ohio; Parades & processions
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio)
 

Description: Astronaut Neil Armstrong waving from the back seat of a convertible during a parade in his hometown of Wapakoneta, Ohio, September 6, 1969. The parade was held in honor of Armstrong being the first man to walk on the moon. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00679
Subjects: Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012; Auglaize County (Ohio); Parades--Ohio; Astronauts;
Places: Wapakoneta (Ohio); Auglaize County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph taken of a parade on Market Street in Canton, Ohio, during William McKinley's presidential campaign in 1896. The Courtney Studio was a photography studio operated in Canton by Sherwin V. and Margaret M. Courtney. Born in Niles, Ohio, in 1843, William McKinley eventually opened a law practice in Canton after returning from duty in the Civil War. Prior to becoming president in 1897, McKinley served as Stark County's prosecuting attorney, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and governor of Ohio. He was assassinated in 1901, shortly after beginning his second term as president. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P356_B09F07_001
Subjects: Canton (Ohio); McKinley, William, 1843-1901; Presidential campaigns; Parades--Ohio; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics;
Places: Canton (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)
 

Description: A young man wearing stilts and striped pants for walking in a parade. A partially visible sign behind him advertises Myers Plumbing and reads: "Gas fitting; steam and hot water heating." Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's department store, and later as a travelling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). He was also an avid lifelong photographer, and the bulk of the Harry Kinley Collection is comprised of glass plate negatives documenting the Kinley family, the city of Upper Sandusky and Wyandot County and surrounding areas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07775
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Photographers--Ohio; Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Parades & processions; Costumes;
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio)
 

Description: A crowd watching a parade, likely in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, August 1914. The marchers are identified as the "Order of Redmen." Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's department store, and later as a travelling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). He was also an avid lifelong photographer, and the bulk of the Harry Kinley Collection is comprised of glass plate negatives documenting the Kinley family, the city of Upper Sandusky and Wyandot County and surrounding areas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07780
Subjects: Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture; Photographers--Ohio; Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Parades & processions;
Places: Wyandot County (Ohio);
 

Description: Parade held in Marietta, Ohio in 1938 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the first settlers arrival in the Northwest Territory in 1788. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01144
Subjects: Parades--Ohio; Cultural Ohio--Popular Culture
Places: Marietta (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "W.P.A.Band playing for crowd at Lanterm Parade Riverview Park,July 17,1936 FOR OFFICE FILE ONLY DO NOT REMOVE" Riverview Park overlooks the Great Miami River near downtown Dayton. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B12F08_008_001
Subjects: Parades--Ohio--Dayton; Parks--Ohio--Dayton
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated 1920, this photograph shows a parade of people with umbrellas supporting Warren G. Harding for president near his house in Marion, Ohio. This photograph is part of a photograph album in the Warren G. Harding Photograph Collection (P146). Warren G. Harding, the 29th President of the United States (1921-1923), was born in Blooming Grove, Ohio, in 1865. At age 14, Harding attended Ohio Central College in Iberia, Ohio, where he edited the campus newspaper and became an accomplished public speaker. He married Florence Kling de Wolfe in 1891, and embarked on his political career in 1900 by winning a seat in the Ohio legislature. After serving two terms as an Ohio Senator, Harding served as Lieutenant Governor in 1904 for two years before returning to the newspaper business. Although he lost the 1910 gubernatorial race, Harding was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1914. Political insider Harry Daugherty promoted Harding for the Republican presidential nomination in 1920. His front porch campaign was centered on speeches given from his home in Marion, Ohio, pledging to return the country to “normalcy” in this post World War I era. Harding easily won the election, gaining 61 percent of the popular vote. On August 2, 1923, Harding unexpectedly died from a massive heart attack while touring the western United States, and is entombed in the Marion Cemetery. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P146_B20P05_002
Subjects: Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923; Presidential campaigns; Presidential candidates; Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Parades and processions
Places: Marion (Ohio); Marion County (Ohio)