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Shriners are often seen cavorting in tiny clown cars or even tricycles at local U.S. parades. But this member of Charleston, West Virginia's, Beni Kadem Shrine found even more imaginative wheels for the city's FestivALL Art Parade, in which theater groups, visual artists, dancers, street performers, art cars, music makers and local organizations parade down Capitol Street. The driver and his fellow "pilots" call theselves the "Flying Fezzes" a reference to Shriners' Ottoman-style felt bonnets

Shriners are often seen cavorting in tiny clown cars or even tricycles...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More

The local Beni Kadem Shrine's Arabian Knight greets revelers at the Charleston, West Virginia, FestivALL Art Parade, in which theater groups, visual artists, dancers, street performers, art cars, music makers and local organizations parade down Capitol Street

The local Beni Kadem Shrine's Arabian Knight greets revelers at the Ch...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More

Shriners are often seen cavorting in tiny clown cars or even tricycles at local U.S. parades. But this member of Charleston, West Virginia's, Beni Kadem Shrine found fancier wheels for the city's FestivALL Art Parade, in which theater groups, visual artists, dancers, street performers, art cars, music makers and local organizations parade down Capitol Street

Shriners are often seen cavorting in tiny clown cars or even tricycles...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More

Masqued royal at the Charleston, West Virginia, FestivALL Art Parade, in which theater groups, visual artists, dancers, street performers, art cars, music makers and local organizations parade down Capitol Street

Masqued royal at the Charleston, West Virginia, FestivALL Art Parade, ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More

Masqued royal at the Charleston, West Virginia, FestivALL Art Parade, in which theater groups, visual artists, dancers, street performers, art cars, music makers and local organizations parade down Capitol Street

Masqued royal at the Charleston, West Virginia, FestivALL Art Parade, ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More

Gates Building, 108 Capitol Street, Charleston, Kanawha County, WV

Gates Building, 108 Capitol Street, Charleston, Kanawha County, WV

Significance: Locally significant as example of relatively early commercial architecture above modernized first floor. Survey number: HABS WV-218 Building/structure dates: 18q4 Initial Construction Building/... More

The local Beni Kadem Shrine's Arabian Knight greets revelers at the Charleston, West Virginia, FestivALL Art Parade, in which theater groups, visual artists, dancers, street performers, art cars, music makers and local organizations parade down Capitol Street

The local Beni Kadem Shrine's Arabian Knight greets revelers at the Ch...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More

Shriners are often seen cavorting in tiny clown cars or even tricycles at local U.S. parades. But these members of Charleston, West Virginia's, Beni Kadem Shrine found faster, and louder, wheels for the city's FestivALL Art Parade, in which theater groups, visual artists, dancers, street performers, art cars, music makers and local organizations parade down Capitol Street

Shriners are often seen cavorting in tiny clown cars or even tricycles...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More

Gates Building, 108 Capitol Street, Charleston, Kanawha County, WV

Gates Building, 108 Capitol Street, Charleston, Kanawha County, WV

Significance: Locally significant as example of relatively early commercial architecture above modernized first floor. Survey number: HABS WV-218 Building/structure dates: 18q4 Initial Construction Building/... More