Photo Record

Metadata

Title

1940 GM Festival Parade

Description

These photos appear to be of the same parade (1940) In the background of the parade is the North Flint Recreation, the bowling alley owned by Billy Durant.
1. Doris Rundles, 1940 Motor Festival Queen being crowned by Ham Fisher, cartoonist and creator of Joe Palooka
2. Doris Rundles, of Chevrolet's Parts and Service Department in Flint, crowned Queen of the Third Annual Flint Motor Festival.
3. Doris Rundles and her court Rubynell Legan (left) and Dorothy Utley (right)
4. Chevrolet Float - "Seven Million in Seven Years - Chevrolet's First Again"
5. Chevrolet Float - "Seven Million in Seven Years - Chevrolet's First Again" - Isobelle Welte, employed at the Chevrolet Sales Office in Flint, was Chevrolet's Queen 2 copies
6. Chevrolet Float with Isobelle Welte
7. Chevrolet Float
8. General Motors Institute Float - "Training Today For The World Tomorrow"
9. UAW - CIO Float - "Labor Stands Ready"
10. I.M.A. Float - "Sailing Ahead With Flint"
11. I.M.A. Float - "Sailing Ahead With Flint"
12. American Legion 40/8 Float
13. Old Timers - "These Were Happy Days" with C. S. Mott and other auto Pioneers
14. Horse Drawn Fire Engine
15. AFL Building Trades Council Float
16. Better Things Float
17. Queen and her Court Float
18. Queen and her Court Float
19. Flint Banks - "God Bless America - Flint Banks"
20. Flint Hotels - "Hosts To Over 200,000 Guests Throughout the Year"
21. BPOE - "Welcome To Flint"
22. Florists Float - "The Betsy Ross Flag"
23. Buick Float - "Beauty Afloat - Beauty by Buick"
24. Buick Float - "Beauty Afloat - Beauty by Buick"
25. Military Truck
26. Fisher Body Float - "GM Body By Fisher"
27. Fisher Body Float - "GM Body By Fisher"
28. "Bug" Car
29. AC Float
30. AC Float
31. Baton Girls
32. "Industry Stands Ready"
33. "7 Million in 7 Years" Chevrolet Banners
34. Florists Float
35. Drum and Bugle Corp
36. Marching Band
37. End of Parad
38. Marching Band Playing at Atwood Stadium

Collection

Flint City Club

Medium

Print, photographic

Date

1940

Caption

Motor Festival Queen

Catalog Number

1991.018.6-41b