The black-and-white photograph shows a Labor Day parade traveling down Diamond Avenue in the 1950s.
| Name | Date | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Frank Abrecht | 4/26/09 | Walked over those tracks hundreds of times to get from Gaithersburg Lumber to Chris's for lunch in the 70's. He had a great steak sandwich and ice cold beer. |
| Janet Miller Holt | 9/11/09 | I marched as a majorette with the GHS band and my Father Kenneth Miller led the parade on his motorcycle.. |
| Bob Shreffler | 5/19/10 | I was chairman of the Gaithersburg Lions Club float for several years. I had Miss USA, Miss MD at different times on the float(s). |
| Barbara Bradley Walker | 5/26/10 | I lived with my family at 10 E. Diamond Ave until I was 9 (1963) and moved to Deer Park. In this picture, my family is seen enjoying the parade. |
| kathy anderson (nichols) | 5/26/10 | lived at 428 E. Diamond Ave.from 1974 to 1984 next door to Tuiton's t.v. it was great to sit on my porch and watch the parade go by |
| Richard Crystal | 9/2/10 | In the black & white photo is the structure in the upper right (with the Amercan flag) the old Gaithersburg & Washington Grove fire station? |
| Robin Gardner | 11/5/10 | I marched with the Gaithersburg Washington Grove Marjorettes in the 60's many a Labor Day parade! |
| Greg | 12/1/10 | I was about 6yrs olds and I was a black child that was a porter on a float of a train. I have the picture. Now at 60yrs old, I quess that was the norm then. Well, I am a college grad now. Peace. |
| Fred | 4/7/11 | We used to take lawn chairs to sit outside Chris' or Perry's to eat popcorn, drink cokes and watch the parade. |
| Danny Brodt | 10/8/11 | While living on Walker Ave and Cedar Ave we, viewed the parade from Tuteon's TV and Radio repair which was the house on the property that is now the sandwich place and small strip mall. Or from Blood's aka Perry's |
| Richard Frazier | 4/16/13 | The Labor Day parade was big time back in the day! |
| Steve Bell | 4/27/13 | My parents rented a house behind Gardner's Funeral Home, on E. Diamond Ave. Gaithersburg Elem was literally in our back yard! We just walked to the corner by Ben Franklin to watch the parade, it was a great time! |
| Denise Kniskern Daughtridge | 10/17/13 | Wonderful memories growing up in Gaithersburg! |
| Frank Emerson | 5/23/14 | I used to ride my bike in a lot of these parades with my older brother |
| Robin Talbott Swope | 8/30/15 | Watched many a parade there and was in it several times! Loved watching it from my mother in law, Gladys Swope's porch on Russel Ave |
| Kenny Anderson | 10/2/15 | Just past the Firehouse on the right of this photo was the Ice House, which my dad, Jim Anderson, bought from Doug McBain about 1960. I sold many a snow cone there during Labor Day parades! 10 cents each, what a bargain. |