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Men and women pass with floats in a parade during the Dixie's Cotton Fete in Memphis, Tennessee.

Dixie's Cotton Fete in Memphis, Tennessee. Lights on buildings. A girl band plays on a road. A horse on a float. A girl stands beside a model of unicorns on a float. Girls stand on the floats. A girl stands on a model fountain on a float. Men and women walk in the parade. Model of a building over a float in the parade.

Date: 1940, May 20
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046720
Shriners in elaborate costumes attend a parade in Memphis, Tennessee

A Shriner Parade in Memphis Tennessee. Shriners, a Masonic society formerly known as the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (AAONMS), march while wearing the iconic “Shriners” red fezzes. Some Shriners are marching with scimitar, an important symbol of the Shriners. Shriners saluting. A Shriner, dressed as an Arab, wields a larger scimitar. Shriners marching clockwise. Spectators clapping at Shriners’ demonstration. Women with flags watch Shriners parade. Shriners in Middle Eastern attire pass in front of a Studebaker dealership during the parade.

Date: 1940, June 12
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079269
Mule market, Overton Park, and Brooks Memorial Art Gallery in Memphis, Tennessee.

Mule market in Memphis, Tennessee. Men sell mules on street. View from Overton Park in Memphis, with a view of the Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, opened in 1916, (now Memphis Brooks Museum of Art) among the trees, view of a lake with ducks in it, and various trees.

Date: 1917
Duration: 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023080
Transfer of cotton cargo to Memphis market in Memphis, Tennessee.

The Grand (paddle wheel driven river boat) in the Mississippi River loaded with cargo of cotton at Memphis, Tennessee. African American workers unload cotton shipment and place them in order at dock side.

Date: 1919
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022213
Cotton Carnival parade in Memphis Tennessee, USA

Cotton Carnival in Memphis. A series of parties staged at Carnival. Current year's selected King, Queen and Royal Court of carnival. Presentations and parade by all cotton producing states. Decorated floats go by in a night time parade as crowd cheers. Floats have elaborate artwork and kings and queens. Flags of cotton producing states seen on many floats, including Georgia 1956 flag incorporating the Confederate battle flag on the Georgia float.

Date: 1957, May 16
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040126
Spectators watch a football game between Tulane and Memphis, in Tennessee, United States.

A college football game held in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Highlights of the game between Tulane and Memphis. A large number of people gathered to watch the game. At one point scoreboard shows Tennessee 3 and Visitors (New Orleans) 7.

Date: 1960
Duration: 1 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057779
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