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The Blondheim twins, Charles and William, are riding in a float in the Tuscaloosa Centennial Parade on May 30, 1916. Their father, Phil W. Blondheim, drove the roadster decorated with flowers and festoons. The photograph was taken in front of the…

A decorated buggy, with two unknown children on board and an unknown child holding the reins of the pony pulling the cart, is prepared to participate in the 1916 Tuscaloosa Centennial Celebration Parade.

The buggy stands in front of the Governor's…

City Commissioners alight from their official car as the 1916 Centennial Parade ends in front of City Hall on Greensboro Avenue. The commissioners were Cliff Atkinson, D. Beatty Robertson, and Hugh Prince.

The Camp Fire Girls dressed as Indian maidens for Tuscaloosa's Centennial Parade in 1916. Their float was composed of an Indian tent and decorated with corn and pine boughs.

Jack Cozine portrays the Spirit of the Warrior River in the pageant celebrating the Centennial of Tuscaloosa. Cozine was considered the best dancer in Tuscaloosa at the time.

Jack Cozine, considered one of the finest dancers in Tuscaloosa at the time, portrayed the Warrior River "leading his band of nixies (water spirits) clad in blue and white "now gently undulating, now leaping madly," as described in The Tuscaloosa…

Dance of the Vegetables was part of a pageant performed May 30, 1916 at Tuscaloosa's Centennial Celebration.

This photo shows a reenactment of a battle between Hernando DeSoto and the Indians. This reenactment was done during the Tuscaloosa Centennial of Celebration on May 31, 1916..

The Order of the Eastern Star Float is prepared to enter the Tuscaloosa Centennial Parade. The organization is related to the Masons and began in 1850.

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On the float that participated in the Tuscaloosa Centennial Parade are Mrs. M.T. Maxwell, Mrs. J.C. Perkins, Mrs. H.B. Foster and Mrs. B. Turner. The building in the background is the Tuscaloosa Female College on Queen City Avenue. The Tuscaloosa…