GRAND MILITARY CARNIVAL AT ARMORY RINK SANTA ROSA CAL. ON THANKSGIVING NIGHT 1885. MR. GROVER CLEVELAND AND LADIES ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO BE PRESENT. JOEL M. WALKER CAPTAIN. WILBER M. SWETT SECRETARY
188537814Santa Rosa 1885. Engraved invitation top flap with color illustration of American flag. Bottom half in several elegant type styles and fonts. "Grover Cleveland" in manuscript. Mild wear Very Good.<br /> offered with REGULATIONS OF THE GRAND MILITARY CARNIVAL OF CO. E. 5TH INF. REG. N.G.C. AT ARMORY RINK SANTA ROSA THANKSGIVING EVENING 1885. Small broadside 3-1/2" x 5-3/4" on purple paper listing rules 1-9 with ticket prices Floor Tickets $2; Spectators' Tickets $1. Very Good.<br /> <br /> The elegant Invitation is from the National Guard Corps on Thanksgiving 1885. Whether President Cleveland made the trip from Washington to Santa Rosa is doubtful. Regulations required guests to be "masked and in costume." Moreover "Sharp weapons must be secured to the scabbard. Firearms examined by the committee. unknown
