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May Day Parade, City of Orange Mayor Rex Parks and family riding in convertible, Orange, California, 1950

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Title: May Day Parade, City of Orange Mayor Rex Parks and family riding in convertible, Orange, California, 1950
Date Created and/or Issued: 1950-05
Publication Information: Orange Public Library
Contributing Institution: Orange Public Library and History Center
Collection: Orange Public Library Local History Collection
Rights Information: For information on copyrights and permissions, please contact Orange Public Library, Orange, California.
Description: May Day Parade, City of Orange Mayor Rex Parks and family riding in convertible, Orange, California, 1950. Images shows Mayor Parks, his wife, Marguerite, and their granddaughter, Paula Woods, sitting between them as they are driven down the street. A sign is reading "MAYOR / CITY OF ORANGE" is taped to the car door. Crowds are visible on sidewalk in background. Rex Parks was a councilman, volunteer fireman, and mayor (1958-1960) of Orange. The May Festival, which began in 1933 and also included the May Day Parade, continued to be held until 1991.
Photographic print
B&w
12.5 x 18 cm.
Type: image
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt6z09p762
OPL720
10511862
Language: English
Subject: Orange (Calif.)
Parades & processions
Mayors
May Day Parade--Orange (Calif.)
Parks, Rex A
Parks, Marguerite
Woods, Paula

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