Sep 28, 2023 - Sale 2646

Sale 2646 - Lot 288

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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(WEST--IDAHO.) Celebrate at Emmett, July 4th, Big Fireworks Display at Night. Illustrated broadside, 22 1/2 x 33 inches, in red and blue on newsprint; short separations at some folds, pencil notes on verso. Emmett, ID, 4 July [1927?]
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Advertises the Independence Day festivities at Emmett, a small town north of Boise, including performances by the Nampa Post Bugle and Drum Corps, a "Mid-Night Frolic," a circus, a semi-pro baseball game between the Emmett and Boise nines, novelty races, a parade with floats, and of course fireworks.

The verso has a contemporary pencil invitation: "Program of the big event at Emmett. Everybody welcome, bring plenty of cheer and a good appetite--ordered black cherries, pop, post'o, and other delicacies. Dad & Mom."

Charles L. Gamage is named as mayor of Emmett; he served from about 1926 to 1930. The Boise baseball team played in Emmett on Independence Day in 1927.