Portland Rose Festival Parade Float- "Pacific Telephone"
PARTNER
Japanese American Museum of Oregon
Visit partner
OBJECT ID
ddr-one-1-533 (ONLC 3358)
PARENT COLLECTION
DESCRIPTION
Color slide of the side of the Pacific Telephone float in the Rose Festival Parade driving down W Burnside and the intersection of NW Second Ave, the corner of the Shoreline Hotel is visible in the background. The side of float has purple, white and red flowers and reads "Pacific Telephone." On the float five women are visible. Two sit in the back and wave at the crowd in pink dresses. Another is laying on a couch made of white flowers acts as if she on the phone. The another woman is seated in the front with her back to the camera, it appears that she is dress in a Native American costume of brown and red. The fifth woman is dressed in purple and a large hat, she sits above the couch with her back to the camera. 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 June 14, 1964.
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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