Flower Parade “Float” 1910

I have seen this one around. Today the photo turned 110 years old. Every year to kick off the Monroe Fair, there would be a parade through Monroe. The above was a "float" decked out in flowers. I don't know where it was taken, but that looks like the Ouachita River in the background. Forsythe … Continue reading Flower Parade “Float” 1910 →

Army Day Parade, circa 1945

Every year on Army day in the 1940's, the military would parade down DeSiard Street. This is a photo from the Digital Library That I think shows one of those parades: https://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-pho%3A36 You can see the Phoenix Drug Store, People's Homestead, the Alexander Hotel and Primos Cafe in the shot!