PARTNER

OBJECT ID

ddr-one-1-169 (ONLC 2993)

PARENT COLLECTION

Frank C. Hirahara Collection

DESCRIPTION

Color slide of Rose Festival float 14 driving down W Burnside in front of a crowd outside W.L. Reid Company Building Hardware Specialties and the Riverfront Hotel and Cafe. An advertisement for Chevrolet is visible in the background on the side of the Portland Commons Annex. The float depicts a tiger jumping through a hoop. A woman in a short green dress stands next to the leaping tiger. The front of the float has a small yellow sign with number 14 on it, and the word "Shell" written in red flowers. A Royal Rosarian escorts the float. 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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