Inauguration Day

Inaugural parade float representing Massachusetts featuring a ship, Plymouth Rock, and re-enactors dressed as early colonists. All are unidentified.

Inaugural parade float representing the Niagara Frontier featuring Niagara Falls and other natural and man-made resources which support and/or are produced by the area.

Inaugural parade float representing George Washington University featuring re-enactors displaying areas of study at the university including law, medicine, government, and engineering. Text at the bottom of the float is: "The George Washington University Educates for Leadership."

Inaugural parade float representing Texas featuring symbols of the state including a star, oil rig, bull, and men and women dressed up in cowboy attire. All are unidentified. Following behind them is a marching band.

Inaugural parade float representing the Truman-Barkley Club featuring a ballot box and scenes from Washington, D.C., including the Washington Monument and the White House. The ballot box has "Freedom to Vote" printed on the side. Soldiers and a band can be seen marching behind the float.

Inaugural parade float representing B'nai B'rith featuring a menorah. A banner along the bottom of the float has text "From Tyler to Truman" with a portrait of President John Tyler on the left and a portrait of President Truman on the right. A band can be seen marching behind the float.

Inaugural parade float representing the International Association of Lions Clubs featuring a statue of a lion and globe, and imagery related to the organization's blood donor program. Four unidentified women wearing what appear to be Red Cross uniforms are also on the float.

Inaugural parade float representing the American Federation of Musicians featuring live musicians and symbols such as treble clefs and piano keyboards.

Inaugural parade float representing the Chinese American community featuring women in traditional Chinese clothing and small scale replicas of pagodas, lanterns, and the Great Wall. The float of the National Conference of Christians and Jews can be seen behind this float.

Inaugural parade float representing the Association of Railway Labor Executives featuring a train and various railway laborers. All are unidentified.