Photo 1 - Marching band, spectators, flags, and vehicles at the intersection of Pearl Street and 11th Street in Boulder.
Photo 2 - Women (possibly nurses) pushing baby carriages with signs that read "infant now but growing fast" at the intersection of Pearl Street and 11th Street in Boulder. A man with a sign for Tip Top Tavern is also pictured, as well as spectators, children, a flag, and vehicles. Fred's Place appears in a store window in the background.
Photo 3 - A panoramic view of parade participants, spectators, flags, and vehicles on the 1100 block of Pearl Street. Signs for Valentine Hardware and Maupin's Furniture are visible on buildings. A stamp on the back indicates the photograph was taken by Ira Current.
Photo 4 - A panoramic view of a marching band, vehicles, floats, flags, participants, and spectators on Pearl Street. Signs for Hiskey's Shoe Store, Curran Theatre, Public Drug Company, La Torra Shoe Company, and Sessel's are visible on buildings. A stamp on the back indicates the photograph was taken by Ira Current.
Photo 5 - Men in coveralls sitting on a decorated truck. A nearby sign indicates they may be employees of Arnold Brothers Motor Company.
Photo 6 - Parade participants holding NRA signs on Pearl Street. Signs for Colorado Hotel, Public Drug Company, and Sessel's appear on nearby buildings. Spectators and flags are also visible.
Photo 7 - A truck with a sign for Security Stores decorated with a display of packaged food items including corn flakes, Quaker oats, Mother's oats, Crystal Wedding oats, shredded wheat, Bisquick, produce, and various canned items.
Photos 8-23 - Various views of parade participants, spectators, vehicles, flags, children on tricycles, a fire truck, and businesses on Pearl Street. Businesses featured on parade signs include Boulder Daily Camera, Higgins Motor Company, and Mawson-Bradfield Lumber Company.
The NRA Parade that took place in Boulder on October 19, 1933, was one of many similar parades that took place across the country in September and October of 1933. The parades were organized to show support of the National Recovery Administration, which was a U.S. government agency established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to stimulate business recovery during the Great Depression. Boulder Daily Camera coverage of the parade also referred to October 19 as "NRA Day" and "Blue Eagle Day," the latter because the emblem of the NRA was a blue eagle. A Boulder Daily Camera article from October 20, 1933, announced that 6,000 people participated in the Boulder parade, which covered approximately four miles and took one-and-a-half hours to complete. Many of the photographs have handwritten notes that say "National Recovery Act Parade 10/13/33," but Daily Camera coverage indicates that "NRA" was more commonly used as an acronym for National Recovery Administration and that the parade took place on October 19, 1933.