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| Photo Identifier |
00000125 |
| Title |
Cherry Float for Independence Day, July 4, 1892 |
| Description |
This was the first time that cherries were used as a celebration theme; we might consider it an ancestor of the Cherry Festivals. Harry Begier was the boy on the ladder; Tommy Johnso the driver. Girls were, L-R on the float: Ellie Moldenhauer, Minnie Begier, and unknown; standing, Odella Heinaka, another Moldenhauer, John Henry Begier (1854-1936) and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Moldenhauer. Seated on the bench, L-R are Edward Tenny, Jack Dumont, Joel Burrows, Mrs. J.H. Begier, Ben Begier, James Whitcomb, Louis Reichsrath, Douglas Toffelmier, Tom Sturtevant, and Edward Whitcomb. Seated on the ground, L-R, Mr. Grile, Manuel Enos, Eugene Toffelmier, John Mendell, Mike Gorman and Hugh Gillespie. George Ferria and Billie, the dog are reclining in front. John Henry Begier was the first to ship cherries from San Leandro; he led the parade pushing the wheelbarrow in which he took the first load of fruit to the depot. He came to San Leandro in 1886. |
| Year |
1893 |
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| GPS Longitude |
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| Float, Cherry | Public Events, Fourth of July Parade | Portraits, Group | Begier, Harry | Johnso, Tommy | Moldenhauer, Ellie | Begier, Minnie | Heinaka, Odella | Begier, John Henry | Moldenhauer, Henry | Tenny, Edward | Dumont, Jack | Burrows, Joel | Begier, Mrs. J. H. | Begier, Ben | Whitcomb, James | Reichsrath, Louis | Toffelmier, Douglas | Sturtevant, Tom | Whitcomb, Edward | Mr. Grile | Enos, Manuel | Toffelmier, Eugene | Mendell, John | Gorman, Mike | Gillespie, Hugh | Ferria, George | |
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