PARTNER

OBJECT ID

ddr-one-1-137 (ONLC 2961)

PARENT COLLECTION

Frank C. Hirahara Collection

DESCRIPTION

Color slide of Rose Festival Parade float 11 driving down W Burnside in front of a crowd outside W.L. Reid Company Building Hardware Specialties. Float depicts a calliope with a player dressed as a clown on top. Three female riders sit up front in short poofy dresses, one holds a blue ribbon while the other two hold red roses. A yellow sign is on the front of the float with the number 11 visible. The float has a circus theme, with images of clowns on the side made out of flowers, the side of the float reads "Standard Oil Company of California" and the front of the calliope reads "The Calliope." Float is lead by a Royal Rosarian in a white suit. The Rose Festival Parade is an annual event in which floats are made out of flowers and paraded down the streets of Portland.

CONTRIBUTOR

Japanese American Museum of Oregon; Portland, Oregon

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of Frank C. Hirahara Collection, Japanese American Museum of Oregon

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