Portland Rose Festival Parade- float 38 "Alice in Wonderland"

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Japanese American Museum of Oregon
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ddr-one-1-463 (ONLC 3287)

Frank C. Hirahara Collection

Color slide of Rose Festival Parade float 38 driving down W Burnside in front of a crowd outside the Shoreline Hotel. The float contains a depiction of Alice from "Alice in Wonderland" wearing blue dress with a white apron made from flowers. Sitting on the float in front of Alice next to a yellow sign with the number 38 is an unidentified woman holding a pink ribbon. In the background float 39 is visible. The Portland Rose Festival Parade is an annual event in which floats are made out of flowers and paraded down the streets of Portland. According to donor processed on September 12, 1952.

1948-1954

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Japanese American Museum of Oregon; Portland, Oregon

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

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