Survey of potential site for the Democratic National Convention of 1936. People along the beach in Atlantic City, New Jersey. A building with American flag hoisted on it. Democrats look at the building as they consider it the site for the Democratic Convention of 1936. Two policemen hold a scroll in front of the men and they look at the picture on the scroll. Mayor Harry Bacharach and others discuss about the site for the Convention. (The convention was ultimately held in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, in 1936)
Children participate in a fancy dress parade in Ocean Park, California. Children parade in a fancy dress event as they wear colorful costumes and dresses. A girl pushes a trolley or stroller decorated with flowers. A boy dressed as a cowboy, and girls dressed as saloon girls. A girl dressed as a milk maid, and another girl dressed like an island native in grass skirt. A young boy or girl rides on a float with an airplane covered in flowers, but he is crying the whole time. A girl dressed up as Statue of Liberty as she blows flying kisses.
A new car bumper displayed in Springfield, Massachusetts. Inventor of a new bumper pulls out a steel contraption and demonstrates how it prevents a man hit by the car from coming under the wheels. A man being hit by the car and contraption and man falls onto it.
Motorcyclists perform stunts in Lockport, New York. Motorcyclists from America and Canada move up a steep slope on a rough road in Lockport, New York. People look on. Motorcyclists move up the slope but fail and fall.
Exterior and interior views of the MV Kalakala, an Art Deco styled ferry boat of the Black Ball Line, seen underway in Seattle, Washington during its inaugural run carrying passengers and cars on the Puget Sound to Bremerton. Captain Wallace Mangan seen on the navigation bridge. Men and women aboard the boat. Views of the open air Palm Room on the Promenade Deck, its main staircase, and a white-coated waiter working in the Palm Room. People milling about on the deck of the ferry, some seated and some standing. An outside walkway on the side of the ferry. Patrons enjoying the busy Double Horseshoe Cafe, located on the promenade deck. Another steamer ship underway as seen from a window. People wave aboard the Kalakala, the world's first streamlined Art Deco ferry.
Native American Indians at the California Pacific International Exposition in San Diego, California. Native Americans from 30 different tribes perform dances at the international exposition. A large pueblo is in the background. A man beats a drum.
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