Name/Title
1965 (possibly 1964) Broomfield Days ParadeEntry/Object ID
2023.7.3Description
The person who donated this says its the 1965 Broomfield Days parade but it upon farther search it could possibly be 1963
1965(1964)
- The first thing you see is an old Sinclair gas station
- There is sea of people waiting for the parade to start, one of the people in the
crowd is a man in a military outfit his back is turned to the camera.
- The camera pans over to the old Empire savings bank. The Bank's sign says that it
is 40 degrees out.
- Police cars and Police motorcycle lead the parade.
- After the Police men we see soldiers march down midway carrying flags, one flag
is the US flag.
- After the vehicles and the soldiers there is a horse drawn stage coach. It is mainly
brown with gold color accents, the top says "Switzerland Trail Stage Liner".
Hanging on the side of the Stage coach is a white sign that says "Broomfield City
Council".
- Next is a two horse pulled wagon full of people
- Both horses are brown
- The wagon is also Brown with gold accents
- The wagon is full of clowns
- There is a little boy with long sleeves riding his bike.
- The next group is the Broomfield Cheer group carrying in the sign followed by the
Dance team and the Marching Band.
- There are two young men carrying a banner that says "Mr. Broomfield" followed by
a red convertible
- The dapper looking man sitting in the back of the Convertible is believed to
Ken Hoyle based on the link provided
- Mr. Broomfield wears 3 piece suit with a tall top hat.
- There is a red antique automobile leading a pack of dark colored antique
automobiles.
- On the front of the automobiles are women sitting on the hoods, all of them
are in dresses.
- one of the antique automobiles is an old farming automobile that is holding
bails of hay.
- There is an orange convertible. Hanging on it's side is a sign that reads "Chris
Johnson Miss Broomfield"
- The lady sitting in the convertible wears a short red dress with a white
sweater.
- There is a another orange convertible. It also has a white sign that reads "MARIE
COX Runner up".
- The lady in the back of the convertible is wearing a teal dress that goes to her
knees with a large coat over it.
- There appears to be a presidential float honoring the late president John Fitzgerald
Kennedy (JFK). He passed in 1963, which is what lead us to believe that this
parade was in 1964.
- There is a podium with a mannequin that is positioned to look like JFK is
addressing the people
- The float appears to be made out of flowers except the mannequin and the
podium.
- On the podium is the presidential seal.
- Next up is the Thornton High School carried by the cheer team followed by the
Marching Band.
- There is a little blue convertible the signs on the side of the convertible reads "Miss
LAFAYETTE".
- The lady sitting in the back of the convertible is wearing a tight black dress
with a silk sash
- Following her is a group of men and women riding horses while carrying flags and
a sign.
- The front row is carrying the US flag and the Colorado flag
- The third row is carrying the 4H flags and the others carry different flags and
signs that are unfortunately unreadable.
- There is a light blue convertible covered in Green and White ribbons.
- The convertible is full of little girls who are believed to be Girl Scouts.
- The girls are all wearing the same outfit which consist of a white collar shirt,
a blue tie and hunter green skirts.
- There is an antiques automobile it has red and blue ribbons.
- On the wheels it says:
- Front wheel: "Clean?"
- Back wheel: "You Bet!"
- The back says: "Gips coin-op Air wash"
- Jets fly over Broomfield
- There is a marching group wearing gold, red, and black
- There is a large group of kids driving toy antique looking automobiles
- There is a hay truck driving pass full of Can-Can girls.
- The Can-Can Girls are wearing frilly skirts that are light blue . white and pink
clothes.
- There is a sign on the side of the truck that reads: "The Lafayette Belle"
- Next there is a white convertible carrying a lady. The sign on the side of the the
care is unfortunately unreadable/
- There is a group of women riding horses for 4H.
- Next is a truck covered in flowers with a mannequin of a little boy on it drives by.
- The mannequin of the little boy is sitting in a chair with fake rocks
surrounding him.
- a tractor pulling a trailer that is designed to look like a jail drives by.
- The jail is full of people while the trailer is being chased by people dressed as
old fashion police officers chase after it.
- A horse with black tassels rears up with a person in all up. you cannot see the the
face of the people because they are covered by a sheet or veil.
- A truck pulling a trailer has a tipi with people dressed like Native Americans drive
by
- The last thing you see of this parade is a small donkey driven buggy.Collection
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Ken Hoyle