Thousands Witness Great Industrial Parade

From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, August 19, 1925:  The main spectacle of Greater Indianapolis Week was this afternoon’s parade witnessed by thousands of residents and visitors.  The largest parade in the city’s history included approximately 18,000 participants riding or marching along behind 1,400 elaborately decorated floats, and hundreds of automobiles, trucks, and wagons representing the city’s business firms, industries, and civic organizations.  Music from twelve bands and the rhythmic beat of seven drum corps kept the miles of pageantry moving without pause. Cheers went up along the parade route for the Red Cross and American Legion floats.  Shrieks from Broad Ripple Park’s calliope accompanied the roaring engines of three airplanes flying in formation over the parade route.  Five other aviators performed thrilling aerial stunts over downtown.  The festivities concluded at Broad Ripple Park with a barbecue, swimming, and athletic events.

“Thousands Witness Great Industrial Parade,” The Indianapolis News, 19 August 1925, p. 1:1

Photographs from The Indianapolis Star, 20 August 1925, p. 10