Memorial Day Parade 1967
Thanks Leo!
You
are about to see never before published photos from the Memorial Day
parade of 1967. These were taken by Leo Geerts, a chemical
engineer from Antwerp Belgium who stayed in a hotel for 2 months
while training with the Union Carbide Chemicals Plants. He
couldnt remember the name of the hotel he stayed in however, and
in his search, found the photo on mywvhome.com. It was the Heart
O Town. In gratitude, he sent me photos of a parade that he shot
that summer, mostly the girls leading the parade. Why? (like you have
to ask) He says "I have a number of pictures,
especially the high school girls...something we do not see in Belgium."
So for the first time ever, here are just some of Leo's photos.
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Charleston High School
Charleston High School
Woodrow Wilson Jr High
Lincoln Jr High
Are these the Belle Rainbow Girls?
Dunbar
High School. Regular uniforms were black with ornate trim.
Informal cotton uniforms were worn for pep assemblies, practice, and
warm weather functions that weren't game-related.
Unknown Group
Here's a photo that Leo shot of Roger Dean from the Heart O Town in 1967.
I walked past this corner all my life and I dont remember Broad Street being two way.....
Simpson Chandler Funeral Home. To the left is Sheets Bakery.
Window of Sheets Bakery
Shrewsbury and Washington Street.
Leo in Charleston in 1967
More photos to come! Stay tuned.
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