Print, Photographic

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

3000.1.1.9

Description

B/W Photograph from the 1979 Third of July Torch Light/First Annual Sister City Celebration Parade. The parade route was from the foot of First Street north to the City Park. The sponsor of this "float" being towed by a Benicia Plumbing truck is unknown. It honors at least two of Benicia's "firsts": the first Protestant Church in California and the first school for girls in California. The woman and children riding on the "float" are unidentified.

Photograph Details

Subject

Torch Light/Sister City Parade in 1979

Collection

Benicia Historical Museum Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Applied Arts Photography

Date made

1979