Horizontal, black and white photograph showing a Municipal Play Day, or Go-to-the-Park Day, parade sponsored by the St. Louis Parks Department in order to promote improvements to the city's recreational facilities. The parade features several horse drawn wagons or carts and several cars, all carrying signs promoting public baths, swimming pools, and playgrounds. The St. Louis Taxicab building can be seen behind the parade. Other signs in the background include advertisements for Sweet Caporal cigarettes, Wilson for President, Atkinson for Governor, and Fletcher's Castoria. A typed note on the
Horizontal, black and white photograph showing a Municipal Play Day, or Go-to-the-Park Day, parade sponsored by the St. Louis Parks Department in order to promote improvements to the city's recreational facilities. The parade features several horse drawn wagons or carts and several cars, all carrying signs promoting public baths, swimming pools, and playgrounds. The St. Louis Taxicab building can be seen behind the parade. Other signs in the background include advertisements for Sweet Caporal cigarettes, Wilson for President, Atkinson for Governor, and Fletcher's Castoria. A typed note on the back of the print, possibly an exhibit caption, reads 'Play-Day Parade. 1916. Parade by the St. Louis Park Department to promote improvements in the city's recreational facilities.' Title: Municipal Play Day Parade promoting public baths, swimming pools, and playgrounds. . 1911. Holt, Charles Clement, 1866-1925
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