Freedom Season Children's Pedal Parade
Photograph caption:
Mrs. Betty Cryderman finds organizing a parade has its hazards, especially when the participants include youngsters on tricycles.
The children shown here were among several hundred who joined in the third annual Freedom Season Children's Parade Saturday under the sponsorship of the Woodland Hills Women's Club. The event is part of the community-wide Freedom Season celebration which runs from Flag Day to Independence Day. The Valley Youth Band provided the patriotic marching music as the costumed youngsters paraded from Shoup Ave. and Ventura Blvd., up Shoup to Woodland Hills Park, where a celebration topped the procession.
Photographer: George Brich, Valley Times Photo Collection/Los Angeles Public Library
Photograph dated July 1, 1963
Slipstream
What a fun photo! Seeing all these kids in a parade made me wish there were events like this today.
Bootstrap
Nice photo of days gone by. Thanks!
Evangel
This photo struck me. It really homes in on the zeitgeist of a not-so-distant era in American culture.
Well Street
July in Woodland Hills; even back then, the parade participants and observers must have been toasty.