Drill team marching in the California Admission Day parade, held in Santa Monica. The parade, led by Governor Merriam, was a feature event of the three day Admission Day celebration, which commemorated the 87th anniversary of the day California became a state
San Gabriel, the oldest Christian community in Los Angeles County, is host to the Southland in a three-day festival celebrating her 164th birthday anniversary.
Battalion representatives and color guard of the California Grays from San Francisco. They are being greeted in Los Angeles City Hall by acting Mayor Boyle Workman. Photo appears with the article, "City Head Greets California Grays: Praises Newly-Formed Group for Showing at Coliseum," Los Angeles Times, 01 Jun. 1924: 8.
Photograph of a drill team marching in the seventh annual California State convention of the Canadian Legion, British Empire Service League. The men wear plumed shako hats and embellished military jackets with medals pinned to their chests. They are led by a drum major holding a baton. A Ladies' Auxiliary group follows. The procession follows street car tracks along Santa Monica Boulevard near Third Street, with the Junipher building seen at right. The building housed an S.H. Kress & Co. 5-10-25 Cent Store, a Union Pacific ticket office, a jeweler and a See's Candy store amongst other businesses. A portion of the Guaranty Trust Bank Building (221-225 Santa Monica Blvd.) is viewed down the street.
Photograph of a Marine drill team marching in the Santa Monica Armistice Day Parade. The men wear parade dress uniforms - including visor hats, jackets with standing collars and white band belts. They carry rifles over their right shoulders. They are followed by a Navy drill team, also viewed with rifles over the shoulder. They wear the characteristic sailor hat, scarf at neck, cartridge belts, and spats (leggings). Spectators are viewed on either side of the procession.
Santa Monica's Armistice Day parade is noted in the article, "Southland Cities Ready for Patriotic Services: Parade, School Pageants and Assemblies to Feature Armistice Observances Today," Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 1938.