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Jennifer Blakeslee (left) and Robert Alan Schoonover (right), probably about ten years old, riding in a small replica of a Model T. The sign on the side say "Ready-Mix, Peninsula Asphalt Corporation, Aggregate." Riding in a National Cherry Festival…

A car pulling an oversized GoodYear tire possibly in the 1931 Cherry Festival Parade.

Rotary Club float that participated in the First Blessing of the Blossoms Festival Parade in Traverse City, May 22, 1925. It was a decorated truck with children riding in the back with the Rotary gear and the words "He Profits Most Who Serves Best"…

A float titled Indian Princesses from the 1992 Cherry Festival Parade. It has four young Native American children in ceremonial dress. The two boys in this photograph are Steven (on left) and Stuart Schwander (on right). The little girl is Denise…

1931 Cherry Queen Maxine Weaver and her float at the 1931 Romeo Peach Festival. In the group picture Maxine is center right with the Peach Queen.

Photograph of a circus wagon pulled by forty horses. The back of the photo indicated it was to be used for promotion purposes for Schlitz. It was not taken in Traverse City, but probalby used in Cherry Festival material.

Two people watch the parade

Queen's Float on E. Front St.

National Cherry Queen and her court float

Cherry Festival Floats:
1) "Liberace Says, "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries"
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3) Otsego
4) Traverse City State Bank
5) East Jordon
6) T.C. Canning
7) Gov. and Mrs. G. Mennen Williams
8) American Federation of Labor (L-R) Marilyn…