Parades
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Messmore, George Harold
label: Collection Creator
content: Messmore and Damon Company
label: Collection Creator
content: Damon, Joseph
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content: Messmore and Damon Company Records
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1960-1997
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0846, Series 5
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series consists of correspondence, faxes, liability insurance, solicitation letters, drawings, lists detailing contacts, quotes, contracts sent and payments, agreements, invoices, purchase orders, parade routes, parade schedules, accident reports, notes, and cancelled checks. In the 1950s, Messmore and Damon began specializing in Labor Day parade floats, most of which were for trade unions. Labor Day parades are well represented here as well as the Puerto Rican Gay Pride Parade.