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Derby Days Moves Online for 2020

“Penny Farthing” by Crystal A Edwards Derby Days looks a little different this year, but there are still ways to celebrate this...

2014 Derby Days

It was another fabulous community event with Redmond Historical Society entry in the annual parade:

2013 Derby Days

With Redmond Historical Society entry in the annual parade, we carried our banner:

2012 Derby Days

Annual downtown parade entry for Redmond Historical Society, during the grand Centenial Celebration in July 2012. It was a great day for...

Derby Days 70th Anniversary in 2010

Redmond Derby Days celebrated its 70th anniversary in 2010! It’s a summer tradition that came to life at the end of the Depression. Derby...

Derby Days 66th Anniversary in 2008

Redmond Derby Days, which celebrated its 66th anniversary in 2008, is a summer tradition that came to life in 1939, at the end of the ...

1968 Derby Day Queen's Mother Held 1949 Title

Like mother like daughter, Debbie Janus was crowned new queen of the Redmond Bike Derby Saturday, a title her mother held in 1949....

1952 Derby Days Program

A Bicycle History was published in the 1952 Derby Days Program — compliments of Corner Tavern — On the Corner of the Street Where Old ...

1952 Derby Days Mayor's Race

"A new event for the 1952 Derby is the Mayor's Race which heads the Racing Schedule. Invitations were sent to all the head men in our ...

Compelling photo from the 1947 Derby Days Race

This 1947 photo shows five girls on bikes during the Redmond Bicycle Derby. It includes a handwritten note on the negative: "Bike Derby...

1940 Derby Day Race

Photo courtesy Roy Buckley collection. This is a detail of the 1940 Start of Derby Bicycle Race. The race is starting on Leary Street....

1939 Derby Days - the first - drew huge crowds

The following article is reproduced from the Eastside Journal August 24, 1939 "Redmondites were all agog this week, still talking of the...