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Photographs from 1934 Circus

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Photographs from the circus in 1934. One of the circus parade at the 400 block of N. Main st. Another photo of a group of people gathered at the circus.

Photographs from Decatur Celebration in 1986

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Various photographs from the 1986 Decatur Celebration showing people participating in the celebration. Celebration Parade, Uncle Sam on stilts. Photograph of celebration crowd.

Photos of the Labor Day Parade

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Photograph of float at the Labor Parade, 1946. Photograph of Marching Band Labor Day Parade, 1940. Photograph of Horse Show, Labor Day, 9/3/1946.

Photograph of Armed Forces Day

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Photograph taken during the parade for armed forces day in May of 1958.

Photographs from the NRA Parade of 1933

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Photographs taken from the NRA Parade of September 1933. A crowd of 75,000 people gathered for the parade to launch central Illinois "Buy Now" drive and see all the floats.

Photographs from the Jalopy Parade of 1943

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Photos from the Jalopy Parade in April of 1943. Jalopy cars that would later be used for scrap metal were paraded around downtown to raise awareness for the use of scrapping old cars for the war effort. Decatur the first city to do this and was used…