Parade: Young Women Carrying Flag

Photograph

Waseca County History Center

Name/Title

Parade: Young Women Carrying Flag

Entry/Object ID

82.87.20v

Description

In this black and white photograph, two boys stand in the foreground, observing a street parade that features a line of young women carrying a large, oversize horizontal United States flag, as they march along a brick-paved street lined with simple wooden buildings bearing signs.

Context

Waseca Fourth of July Parade, 1940 Fourth of July parade in Waseca, Minn.; showing a group of young women carrying an oversized American flag in the horizontal position as they march along the street passing by a sign with "DeVoe's" on it; two young boys and a man wearing a hat are only visible spectators. Independence Day parade, Fourth of July, 4th of July, July 4, 1940, parades,

Cataloged By

amanda

Made/Created

Date made

Jul 19, 1940

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Width

3-1/2 in

Length

2-1/2 in

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

General Notes

Note Type

Correction

Note

Removed previous references to 'Nurses' carrying the flag to 'Young Women' based on 10 July 1940 parade article with flag photo in the Waseca Journal. - EA

Create Date

December 26, 2001

Update Date

June 29, 2026