Portland Rose Festival Parade- float 11 "The Calliope"
PARTNER
Japanese American Museum of Oregon
Visit partner
OBJECT ID
ddr-one-1-137 (ONLC 2961)
PARENT COLLECTION
DESCRIPTION
Color slide of Rose Festival Parade float 11 driving down W Burnside in front of a crowd outside W.L. Reid Company Building Hardware Specialties. Float depicts a calliope with a player dressed as a clown on top. Three female riders sit up front in short poofy dresses, one holds a blue ribbon while the other two hold red roses. A yellow sign is on the front of the float with the number 11 visible. The float has a circus theme, with images of clowns on the side made out of flowers, the side of the float reads "Standard Oil Company of California" and the front of the calliope reads "The Calliope." Float is lead by a Royal Rosarian in a white suit. The Rose Festival Parade is an annual event in which floats are made out of flowers and paraded down the streets of Portland.
DATE
1950
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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