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Identifier
10021413
Description
The head of the Will Rogers Memorial Parade in Claremore, Oklahoma, prior to the dedication ceremonies of the Will Rogers Memorial Museum. Approximately 20,000 friends and neighbors of the late Will Rogers took part in the parade. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jesse Jones, Eddie Cantor, George M. Cohan, Amon G. Carter, Oklahoma Governor E. W. Marland, Fred Stone, General Roy Hoffman, and Ervin S. Cobb were among the many who paid tribute to Oklahoma's humorist.
Archival Date
1938-11-04
Collection Name
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Collection Number
AR406-2-94-23
Original Format
Prints, Black & White
File Format
JPG
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Subjects
Parades; Memorial rites and ceremonies; Horses
Names
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945; Jones, Jesse H. (Jesse Holman), 1874-1956; Cantor, Eddie, 1892-1964; Cohan, George Michael, 1878-1942; Carter, Amon Giles, Sr., 1879-1955; Marland, Ernest Whitworth, 1874-1941; Stone, Fred; Hoffman, Roy, 1869-1953; Cobb, Ervin S.
Subjects
Parades; Memorial rites and ceremonies; Horses