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1 VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPH LATE 1920'S ERA ?? EARLY 1930'S ERA ?? 1924 ?? UNKNOWN FLOAT ? OLDSMOBILE-GARAGE SIGN ON BUILDING " APPLE BLOSSOM FESTIVAL " PARADE BLOSSOM DAY WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON OLD PHOTO
CAPTION " NONE " ALL INFO FOUND IN PHOTOS INFO ALSO FOUND ON GOOGLE I BELIEVE THIS PARADE IS CALLED?? " APPLE BLOSSOM FESTIVAL PARADE ?? " NOT SURE OF YEAR?? COULD BE 1924? TOM MIX MOVIE POSTER IN ONE LISTING COULD DATE THIS FESTIVAL 1924 NOT 1929-1935 ERA??
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ORIGINAL PHOTO PHOTO WAS SCANNED I DID NOT USE A CAMERA YOU GET THE ORIGINAL PHOTO
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LISTING 50 PHOTOS STARTING ON 12/20/16 KNOWN LOCATIONS WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON FLOATS FROM SURROUNDING TOWNS FLOATS FROM LOCAL BIZ
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Apple Blossom FestivalBy Sarah Wight and Jennifer Hayhoe The Apple Blossom Festival started in 1919, but was originally called "Blossom Day". The original day was May 7. The festival included an 80 car tour of the valley sponsored by Wenatchee Commercial Club. It also included a picnic sponsored by Cashmere Commercial Club for the caravan at Cashmere. There were many others events during the day including a county track meet at Monitor School, a baseball game, and an evening program at Memorial Park in Wenatchee. For entertainment there were selections by U.S.S. New York band, a maypole dance and musical numbers by the Ladies' Musical Chorus, high school girls' chorus, and Homer MacDonald, who gave a vocal solo. The program also featured Fred Graham on the violin and Dalton Blake on the cornet. A street dance on the wood-block paved streets concluded the festival.The first festival song was played at the 1920 festival program. It was written by Mrs. W. P. Cameron, and her words were combined with Dorothy Wyman's melody. The words are:There's a fragrance in the airFloating every, everywhereAnd we're feeling oh, so very, very gayFor our apple trees are dressedIn their very, very bestFor Wenatchee on her Apple Blossom Day.The birds are softly hummingThe honey bees are comingThe Columbia River running seems to sayLet me pause for just a minuteI'm so glad that I am inIn Wenatchee on her Apple Blossom Day.The blossoms here are purerThe apple crop surerFor the blossoms turn to apples right awayAnd today we only waitOnly for the joy to makeTo make merry on her Apple Blossom Day.In 1920 a queen and Grand Parade were added to the festival. Florence Kratzer was chosen as queen with 8 attendants. There was one attendant from each of the following schools: Monitor, Stevens, East Wenatchee, Lincoln, Whitman, Sunnyslope, Lewis and Clark, and Linwood. The festival began with a tour of the valley in the morning. Then there was a Blossom Day luncheon at noon followed by a Grand Parade, coronation program, and a baseball game in the afternoon. At night there was an evening program at Memorial Park, climaxed by a street dance. Prizes were awarded for the first time for best decorated store window, float, and car. Pathe News was on the scene to take pictures of orchards, the parade, and Maypole dance for nation-wide showing.The 1922 festival grew into a two-day event with 125 floats in the parade and 6,000 visitors. It was the first year for out-of-town floats. The floats came from Omak, Rock Island, Monitor, Manson, Orondo, Palisades, Okanogan, and Malaga. The Queen's Ball and Daily World Relay Race were two new features of the festival. There was also an institution of two parades: the industrial parade featuring business houses on Friday, and an Apple Blossom Parade for schools and clubs on Saturday.In 1923 there was the awarding of the first sweepstakes prize, and it went to the Elks Club entry. There were eight queens, each dressed to represent a fruit, who attended Queen Imogene Carpenter and each had a high school boy for her jester. King Apple, Floyd E. Morrow, made his first appearence in 1923. Louis Hart was the first governer to attend the festival. Queen Imogene was crownd by Wellington Pegg--the principal of Wenatchee High School.In 1924 Governor Hart sent his secretary, Hollis B. Fultz, to crown Queen Rowena Burns. The highlight of the three-day festival was the dedication of Chelan County's new courthouse. There were also five bands in the parade line. That year George K. Seaman reigned as King Apple.In 1925 Hilma Erickson reigned as queen. There was also a school children's parade Friday morning, a night parade that evening, and a blossom parade Saturday. The royalty were costumed in period clothes including wigs. Queen Hilma read a proclaimation over the radio for the first time. This year was also the first year a professional decorator was brought in to decorate the streets. Nation-wide publicity was arranged through International News Service in Seattle. The big show included a carnival, fireworks, jitney dances, and several past attractions. Thursday evening proceding the offical opening of the festival, the Ladies' Musical Club presented Frieda Hempel in a concert. The concert was held in Wenatchee Produce Company's warehouse. It was the first time in Wenatchee's history for a fruit warehouse to be turned into an auditorium. Weldon (Bud) Yerxa was King Apple.The first Apple Blossom Princesses appeared in 1926. They came from Cashmere, Sunnyslope,Waterville, Omak, Riverside, Entiat, Quincy, and Chelan. The queen's tours to Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center communities and to Seattle began, while the princesses went to Ellensburg. The auditorium that was newly constructed on Wenatchee Avenue had its grand opening that festival. There were 800 people there. There was no King Apple that year. A northwest glee club contest was timed for the Blossom festival weekend that year. The club sponsered a contest to decide what the official song would be. Ken Warner and Alvin Seyster, a local team, produced the words and music for "Blossom Time" which was played annually for the next 14 years.The "Entiokatchee" tribe was organized to "promote the festival and perpetuate customs of the native Indian tribes of this area" in 1927. There was a 3-day festival, with 3 parades. There was a crowd estimated to be between 22,000 and 25,000 people. There were eight band units including North Central from Spokane, for the first time. They have participated in many festivals since.Taking movie pictures first appeared in Wenatchee the weekend of Queen Leona Watson's reign in 1928. The movie was called "Ham and Eggs at the Front." Tom Wilson, Heinie Conklin, and Myrna Loy acted in it. In 1928 there were 19 princesses who were housed overnight in the Columbia Hotel. The Wenatchee YMCA was turned over to the out-of-town royalty in later years. Queen Columbia was chosen from the group of visiting princesses for the first time in 1928. Erma Dahlke, from Waterville, was selected Queen Columbia.The Queen Columbia in 1929 was Thelma Bergen. She was from Peshastin.In 1930 Mayor Edwards, from Seattle, crowned Queen Columbia. The Queen Columbia that year was Doris Allender from Okanogan. Three thousand school children marched in Friday's parade with the industrial floats. The grand parade was Saturday. The two parades that year had eighteen bands, seven drum and bugle corps, and fifteen float entries.In 1933 a Daily World article quoted Mrs. E. Wagner that the festival should be turned back to its original idea-as playday for Wenatchee. Mrs. Wagner cited previous festivals as being too commercial.There was no sweepstakes prize in 1933, but in 1934 the Wenatchee Junior High School float entitled "Half Century of Progress" took the top prize. There were 5,000 participants in the two hour long parade that year. The coronation included music, dances, a maypole, and stunts, closing with fireworks.The 1935 festival was a homecoming for all former queens. The parade was three miles long. The first international participation was that year. Betty Penrose, princess from Penticton, B.C. joined Queen Jean Marlowe's court. Traditional festival events were a main part of each year's fete/festival from then on until 1969.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION... PHOTO IS A LOT NICER THAN IMAGE UPLOADED TO EBAY
MADE OF PHOTO TYPE PAPER BACK CLEAN ON BACKSIDE, TURNING YELLOW FRONT FEW MARKS, CLEAN WITH BLACK PAPER STUCK ON CORNERS DAMAGE MILD EDGE WEAR DAMAGE MILD CORNER TIP DINGS/TIP CREASES DAMAGE ALL CORNERS HAVE DAMAGE DAMAGE PHOTO SLIGHTLY ROLLED UP DAMAGE DEPRESSED CORNER MARKS FROM BEING IN A ALBUM WITH CORNER HANGERS. ALSO HAS USUAL SCRATCHES, MARS, DINGS, ETC., TOO PHOTO CLEAR AROUND FLOAT, LITTLE HAZY ALONG BOTH SIDE EDGES, YOU CAN SEE WELL WITH MAGNIFY GLASS. CLARITY SAME AS ABOVE YOU CAN SEE WELL UNDER MAGNIFY GLASS, SAME AS ABOVE PHOTO SIZE 4-3/8 BY 2-3/4 INCHES IF I HAD TO RATE PHOTO ON A " 1-10 " SCALE I WOULD RATE PHOTO A " 5 " HIGH RATING FOR CLARITY AROUND FLOAT
REMEMBER THIS IS A SMALL PHOTO
PHOTO LOOKS NICE AT ARM'S LENGTH, YOU CAN SEE NO HAZE AT THAT DISTANCE. PHOTO LOOKS CLEAR UNDER MAGNIFY GLASS AROUND FLOAT, AROUND FLOAT, LITTLE HAZY ALONG BOTH SIDE EDGES, YOU CAN SEE WELL WITH MAGNIFY GLASS. PHOTO VIEWS WELL BOTH WAYS.
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