Hartford Michigan's first Blossomtime float 1926

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First Blossomtime Float - 1926
Hartford, Michigan

The Hartford Day Spring - May 19, 1926

....profusely decorated with peach and apple blossoms and ripened fruit, it was christened From Blossoms to Fruit and was illustrative of nature's promise of the fruit yield that follows the springtime riot of delicately tinted blossoms. The centerpiece of the Hartford float was an apple tree, one side of which was covered with blossoms and the other side with fruit.
Charles Hammond contributed the apples with which the name Hartford was spelled out on each side of the float, and the apples were also used on the corner posts and throughout the decorative scheme. The float was given further local significance by the free use of wreaths & foliage from the Hartford Leaf Factory of the Kirchen & Gifford Company.
Mrs. M.A. Engle directed the construction and decoration of the float and was assisted by Mrs. Louise Miller and Elizabeth Hickey. Lee Gifford drove the float at the pageant.

Contributed by Maurice and Delores Miller
Larry and Lois Blyly - August, 2002

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