Parade

August 16, 1954, Appleton Post-Crescent

We wind up the week with this dress-up parade at the Marathon picnic at Jefferson Park.  This was an era where polio and all the fears that that caused conflicted with ordinary life. Sometimes, there were outbreaks that would make the local health departments mandate that kids stay indoors and away from mingling with their friends, shutting down parks and pools and other gatherings (does that sound familiar, from our not so distant past?)  So it's nice to see kids being kids despite such circumstances.