PARTNER

OBJECT ID

ddr-one-1-513 (ONLC 3338)

PARENT COLLECTION

Frank C. Hirahara Collection

DESCRIPTION

Color slide of a Rose Festival float 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 "Sport of Queens" written on the side in yellow flowers. The float depicts greyhound racing, two men in red uniforms stand on the float, one holding the collar of a greyhound dog wearing a green cover with the number four on it. A young boy sits in front holding a red ribbon. 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.

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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