Portland Rose Festival Parade- float 7 "Hillsboro JC"

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Japanese American Museum of Oregon
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ddr-one-1-553 (ONLC 3378)

Frank C. Hirahara Collection

Color slide of Portland Rose Parade float 7 driving down W Burnside in front of a crowd outside the Chinese Medicine Building. The float is made of cream flowers and has a large automobile on top made of red and orange flowers, a red ribbon hangs off the windshield. Two men and one woman ride inside the car. The side of the float reads "Hillsboro" and front reads "JC." A small yellow sign is visible on the front of the car with the number 7 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 June 14, 1964.

1948-1954

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Japanese American Museum of Oregon; Portland, Oregon

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

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