Will Rogers Memorial Parade in Claremore, Oklahoma

Title
Will Rogers Memorial Parade in Claremore, Oklahoma
Creator
Kaho
Institution
UTA
Link
https://library.uta.edu/digitalgallery/img/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.
Date
1938-11-04
Decade
1930s
Subjects
Parades
Memorial rites and ceremonies
Horses
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Jones, Jesse H. (Jesse Holman), 1874-1956
Cantor, Eddie, 1892-1964
Cohan, George M. (George Michael), 1878-1942
Carter, Amon Giles, 1879-1955
Marland, Ernest Whitworth, 1874-1941
Stone, Fred
Hoffman, Roy, 1869-1953
Cobb, Ervin S.
Source
AR406-2-94-23
Type
Still Image
Formats
Prints
Black & White
Rights
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