Dee's Mart, Des Moines Electric and Tuffley's Market
Photograph description
A Pirate Drill Team marches past downtown storefronts; Dee’s Mart, Des Moines Electric, and Tuffley’s Market are visible in the background.
- Date or period
- 1960 or later; legacy caption calls it an early Waterland Parade.
- Place
- Downtown Marine View Drive South, Des Moines, Washington
- People
- Pirate Drill Team; individual marchers not identified.
Historical context
The first Waterland Festival was held in 1960. The visible business signs help locate and potentially narrow the date of the streetscape, but the popup record does not give a specific year.
Research references
Historical identifications are stated only where supported by the existing DMHS collection or corroborating research. Unresolved dates, names, and locations are identified as such rather than inferred from appearance alone.