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Pride Parade Balloons, In The 2014 San Francisco Pride Parade

Contingent Of Pride
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The contingent that was the Pride organization itself. Its banner read, "Color our world with Pride, San Francisco, 2014, Lesbian gay bisexual transgender pride parade and celebration." And above that a sign that read, "Free Chelse."


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Happy Green Balloons
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A bunch of happy, smiling green balloons approached. Here, they were worn by a woman wearing a fabric lei and carrying a wand.


Pride Parade Balloons   •  44th annual San Francisco Pride Parade external link   •  Color Our World With Pride   •  Parade on Market Street   •  San Francisco, California   •  37° 47' 28.90" N, 122° 23' 55.74" W   •  (Photo taken 10:45:41 Sunday 29 June 2014)   •  (Photo posted Friday 11 July 2014)   •  © 2014 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B14_0847
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Lively Conversation
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The banner carriers held a lively conversation early in the parade.


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Balloons On Cable Car
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A motorized cable car on wheels passed by with a display of balloons on the outside.


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Green Balloons Purple Glasses
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A woman wearing green balloons also wore purple glasses that matched the purple balloons behind her.


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A Minor Mishap
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A man wearing red balloons got his roller skates caught in trolley tracks and fell. He was not hurt, and rose easily to finish the parade.


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Round Balloons And High Five
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A man dressed in silver carried a bunch of round balloons and roller skated near the crowds and tried to high five them.


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Yellow Balloons Gold Vote
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A man wearing yellow balloons was dressed in gold. He had a gold sailor hat and a red heart on his chest with the word "Vote" in gold on the heart.


Pride Parade Balloons   •  44th annual San Francisco Pride Parade external link   •  Color Our World With Pride   •  Parade on Market Street   •  San Francisco, California   •  37° 47' 28.90" N, 122° 23' 55.74" W   •  (Photo taken 10:50:48 Sunday 29 June 2014)   •  (Photo posted Friday 11 July 2014)   •  © 2014 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B14_0871
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Red Balloons
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One woman wore red balloons with a purple top.


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Purple Balloons And Man Sang
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A man wore purple balloons that day. He also wore a bodacious leather top hat and sang into a wireless mike.


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Balloon Puppets
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Next were rows and rows of balloon puppets. Each was worn on a back with sticks in each hand to work the puppet's arms.


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Orange Puppet Orange Sticks
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The color of the sticks to work the puppet arms were the same color as the puppet.


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Pink Balloons Rainbow Flag
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Pink balloons on the back of a muscular man who also held a large rainbow flag.


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Rainbow Balloon Arches
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Pairs of walking women carried long sticks to support an arch of rainbow colored balloons.


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Many Arches Filled The Streets
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Many of the rainbow arches filled the street, extending for almost half a block.


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Arches Departed
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The rainbow arches departed leaving behind an even more abstract impression of balloons.


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Crazy Women And Banana Men
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Crazy acting women ended the contingent along with men dressed in banana suits.


Pride Parade Balloons   •  44th annual San Francisco Pride Parade external link   •  Color Our World With Pride   •  Parade on Market Street   •  San Francisco, California   •  37° 47' 28.90" N, 122° 23' 55.74" W   •  (Photo taken 10:56:28 Sunday 29 June 2014)   •  (Photo posted Friday 11 July 2014)   •  © 2014 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C14_5861
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