Interesting post
Lorendoc.
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Originally Posted by Lorendoc
Who knew the LAPD staged large spectacles in the 1930s culminating with giant 4 hour shows at the Coliseum? Not me. Tax dollars at work?
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More puzzling than the police saxophonist is the presence of a truck labeled “Bacone College Red Men.” Bacone is a small liberal arts school in Muskogee, Oklahoma serving native Americans. It was established in 1880 by Baptist missionaries to the Cherokees and looks like it will go out of business this fall for lack of funding. Trivia note: some years ago, they changed their mascot from “Red Men” to “Warriors.”
I have no idea why they would be invited to participate in an LA police parade, but there they are, dressed up in Hollywood-Indian-style outfits.
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LAT via newspapers.com
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The "why exactly" the "Bacone College Red Men" were invited to Los Angeles might be unclear, but the last lines in the above article clip says that they were singers and would be appearing in the Coliseum show.
BOYS' BAND PARADES
The California Boys' Band, costumed in gay red and white, came next, followed by a fleet of Times trucks carrying a number of the participants who appeared in the show.
A busload of Indian singers from Bacone College, Oklahoma, was last in the long procession...
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Looks like they were relegated to the rear. Wonder what they sang?
I also wonder what the California Boys' Band was. Not a great name for search purposes.
That article also says
"At least fifteen stars of the screen appeared before the mammoth crowd at the Coliseum last night...", which begs the question, dear article writer, who were they? Your readers want to know some details.
It does give the name, however, of the girl the officers in the photo (in Lorendoc's post) are "leering at" as high-stepping drum majorette Betty Atkinson.