Labor Day Parade [Published]

Photo caption accompanying published photos: "TWIN CITY LABOR HOLDS PARADE - Celebrating labor's big day, Twin City labor organizations yesterday held their annual Labor Day parade with floats, bands, marches, decorated bicycles, and clowns parading the length of King St. from Waterloo to Kitchener City Hall. Thousands lined the street to witness the procession. The Dominion Rubber Co. float, left [missing from envelope, no suitable substitute], depicting better products through research, was adjudged the best in the parade. Oscar Busch, center [missing from envelope, no suitable substitute], a clown with a live goose, brought many a laugh from the crowd as he and the bird mingled with spectators. The best combination union and company entry was that of the Goodrich Local 73 with a western float, shown at right [47-575_001].

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Title: Labor Day Parade [Published]
Abstract: Photo caption accompanying published photos: "TWIN CITY LABOR HOLDS PARADE - Celebrating labor's big day, Twin City labor organizations yesterday held their annual Labor Day parade with floats, bands, marches, decorated bicycles, and clowns parading the length of King St. from Waterloo to Kitchener City Hall. Thousands lined the street to witness the procession. The Dominion Rubber Co. float, left [missing from envelope, no suitable substitute], depicting better products through research, was adjudged the best in the parade. Oscar Busch, center [missing from envelope, no suitable substitute], a clown with a live goose, brought many a laugh from the crowd as he and the bird mingled with spectators. The best combination union and company entry was that of the Goodrich Local 73 with a western float, shown at right [47-575_001].
Item description: Image of street spectators watching a Dominion Rubber Local 73 parade float featuring country themed singers drive by. One of the people walking alongside the float, dressed in an oversized striped suit, is in blackface.
General note: Title supplied by Kitchener-Waterloo Record staff.
Photos missing from envelope appeared on Page 3 of the Tuesday, September 2, 1947 edition of the newspaper.
Publisher: Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Collection: Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection
Location: 47-575
Identifier: 47-575_001
Date created: 1947-09-01
Date published: 1947-09-02
Extent: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 10 x 8 cm
Genre: negatives
Corporate creator name: Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Subject(s): Parades & processions
Continent: North America
Country: Canada
Province: Ontario
Region: Waterloo (Ont. : Regional municipality)
City: Kitchener (Ont.)
Usage rights: Public Domain
Preferred citation: University of Waterloo Library. Special Collections & Archives. Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection. Labor Day Parade [Published]. 47-583_001.