Photograph of "The Clermont" Float – Progress in Transportation Parade Theme"
Entry/Object ID
2024-162-82
Description
Original black and white photograph The Clermont float shaped like a boat as part of a progress in transportation theme at Chappaqua Bicentennial, September 6, 1930. The float is being pulled along a curved street lined with spectators, who are dressed in early-20th-century attire. Children, women, and men stand closely together, watching the procession with interest. In the background, buildings decorated with bunting suggest a festive community event. The float symbolizes maritime transportation and represents the theme of progress in transportation.
PH 6545A