Portland Rose Festival Parade- float 32 "Vancouver, WA"
PARTNER
Japanese American Museum of Oregon
Visit partner
OBJECT ID
ddr-one-1-515 (ONLC 3340)
PARENT COLLECTION
DESCRIPTION
Color slide of Rose Festival Parade float 32 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 is showing a woman in a silver Roman gladiator costume fighting a dragon with a sword. Three other women can be seen in matching golden Roman gladiator costumes on each of the corners of the float, one holds a purple ribbon. The side of the float reads "Vancouver Wash." On the front of the float is a yellow sign with the number 32 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 May 21, 1955.
DATE
1948-1954
LOCATION
OBJECT GENRE
Photographs
OBJECT FORMAT
Still Image
TOPICS
FACILITY
CREATORS
- Hirahara, Frank (photographer)
PERSONS/ORGANIZATIONS
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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