Labor Day parade 1927

Description: First entry is a float by Gibson County Central Labor Union. It is a truck decorated in patriotic strips with a mounted American flag on the hood and a sign with their name in the truck bed. Next is the Meat Cutters Union 246 from Evansville truck with a man in his meat cutters uniform in the bed. Next decorated truck has a sign on the side saying Less we forget 9926 with children riding in the bed with a sign saying we miss __. Then there are two trucks with one having a sign with the word team on it. Behind the trucks it appears to be a group of black men carrying a banner saying Harmony is our slogan. People are lining both sides of State Street which is decorated with American flags on poles. You can see the following stores: Economy Variety Store, Walsh Decorating Co., Purdy confectionery, McCulloughs Cafe, Universal Market Meats, Book Shoe Shoppe, Applegath, J. C. Penny Co., Peoples American National Bank.
Origin: 2002
Source: http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/ppl/id/260
Collection: Princeton Public Library
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Copyright: Copyright Undetermined
Subjects: Parades & processions
Princeton (Ind) -- Photographs
Walsh Decorating Co. (Princeton, Ind.)
Purdy Confectionery (Princeton, Ind.)
McCulloughs Cafe (Princeton, Ind.)
Universal Market Meats (Princeton, Ind.)
Book Shoe Shoppe (Princeton, Ind.)
J. C. Penny Co. (Princeton, Ind.)
Peoples American National Bank (Princeton, Ind.)
Clothing & dress
Floats (Parades)
Labor unions -- Indiana
Architecture
Communication
Labor
People
Social Life

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