Fourth of July parade down First Avenue in downtown Shakopee. Uncle Sam is leading a band with cavalry behind them. Visible businesses include H. H. Strunk & Sons, F. W. Davy Co., and an unknown soda shop.
Desnick's Drug Store was located at Penn and Plymouth Avenues, a hub of the North Side neighborhood. The two girls are Reva (Margolis) Rosenbloom on the left, and Ruth Lurie on the right.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Black and white photograph of a parade going past Ries Bottling Works at Holmes and Third Streets in Shakopee, 1945. Ries Bottling Works was established in 1872 and torn down in 1978. The photo shows the American Legion marching past. Little boy is saluting the marching soldiers which are carrying flags.