Portland Rose Festival Parade float- "A Garden of Eden"

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PARTNER

Japanese American Museum of Oregon
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OBJECT ID

ddr-one-1-508 (ONLC 3333)

PARENT COLLECTION

Frank C. Hirahara Collection

DESCRIPTION

Color slide of a small Rose Festival Parade float with a pink ribbon on a yellow sign driving down SW Third Ave in front of a large crowd gathered outside a Signal gas station and San Francisco Tailor, behind the Signal gas station is the old Multnomah Hotel. The float has a waterfall that is surrounded by yellow, purple and pink flowers. The side of the waterfall reads "A Garden of Eden, Oregon Soil Clinic." 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 May 21, 1955.

DATE

1948-1954

LOCATION

Portland, Oregon

OBJECT GENRE

Photographs

OBJECT FORMAT

Still Image

TOPICS

FACILITY

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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-1-508-mezzanine-c8a9dd5925 - Color slide
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-508-mezzanine-c8a9dd5925/
ddr-one-1-508-master-1a5e8b941d - Color slide
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-508-master-1a5e8b941d/
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