Portland Rose Festival Parade- float 4 "Now I lay me down to sleep"

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PARTNER

Japanese American Museum of Oregon
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OBJECT ID

ddr-one-1-482 (ONLC 3306)

PARENT COLLECTION

Frank C. Hirahara Collection

DESCRIPTION

Color slide of Rose Festival Parade float 4 driving down W Burnside in front of a crowd gathered outside Bekins Storage, a sign for Edwards Furniture is visible in background. The float depicts a young girl praying at the edge of her bed. Along the side of the float reads "Now I lay me down." On the front of the float is small yellow sign with the number 4 on it. 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 July 3, 1952.

DATE

1948-1954

LOCATION

Portland, Oregon

OBJECT GENRE

Photographs

OBJECT FORMAT

Still Image

TOPICS

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CONTRIBUTOR

Japanese American Museum of Oregon; Portland, Oregon

PREFERRED CITATION

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

RIGHTS

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ddr-one-1-482-mezzanine-83ab57bffc - Color slide
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-482-mezzanine-83ab57bffc/
ddr-one-1-482-master-734cd94c71 - Color slide
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-482-master-734cd94c71/
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