OK, Sleuths, today's "identify this" photo

[wsuffa]

There is enough information in this picture to identify the actual date, event, location, and the location of the photographer (my dad).

If you get the date, you'll have the event & city. It'll take a bit more work to get the location of the photographer, but there is at least one clue that'll help you. I'll post in a little larger format - higher resolution - to help.

Have at it!

 

[EdFred]

Williamsburg, VA on...oh...the 150th anniversary of the La. $$$

 

[DutchessFlier]

Liberaci in drag on a float with George Washington?

 

[shywon]

morning-October 7th or 17th, 1953, New Orleans, french quarter

 

[wsuffa]

Here are two more pictures from the same parade. These should nail it down.

 

[shywon]

Was I close?

 

[wsuffa]

Was I close?

Sorry, but no.

The picture was taken on January 20, 1953 from a location in front of the old Post Office building (now the Post Office Pavillion) on Pennsylvania Avenue in DC. The Raleigh Tavern was part of the old Raleigh Hotel, which has now been demolished & replaced with an office building. To the right of the cafeteria & People's Drug store (shown in the other pictures) is the Evening Star building at 1101 Pennsylvania Ave. - the Evening Star was Washington's evening news paper (now defunct).... the assets of the Star were eventually purchased by the Moon organization & now operates as the Washington Times.

January 20, 1953 was the inauguration of President Eisenhower. The parade was along Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the White House - the Capitol is "picture right" and the White House is "picture left".

 

[shywon]

Thats what I get for trying with search engines....Eisenhower made a speech later that year in new orleans during their parade....oh well

 

[Dr. O]

The Mercury convertible is gorgeous... A shame about the curb scuff on the whitewall...

Ya know, we used to build the most gorgeous cars in the world, dripping with chrome, real leather on the seats, engines you could do a tune up on in the back yard...

Ya, ya, I know - you wet nosed punks are going, "What's a whitewall?"