{"id":9856,"date":"2016-01-27T06:24:52","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T11:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=9856"},"modified":"2016-12-27T13:14:10","modified_gmt":"2016-12-27T18:14:10","slug":"its-wayback-wednesday-the-origins-of-event-tourism-in-huntsville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/its-wayback-wednesday-the-origins-of-event-tourism-in-huntsville\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Wayback Wednesday: The origins of event tourism in Huntsville?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Wayback Wednesday sponsored by Cavalcade Color Lab! Every week, we&#8217;ll be sharing a vintage photo and asking our readers to chime in with anything you can recall about the photo, other related memories, or even a funny caption.<\/p>\n<p>Given the focus this week on event tourism in Huntsville we thought this photo was timely. Any ideas when this was taken and what the event is? 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