PARTNER

OBJECT ID

ddr-one-1-141 (ONLC 2965)

PARENT COLLECTION

Frank C. Hirahara Collection

DESCRIPTION

Color slide of Rose Festival Parade float 13 driving down W Burnside in front of a crowd gathered outside W.L. Reid Company Building Hardware Specialties and the Riverside Hotel and Cafe. The float has three tiers with a large clown made of flowers on the top tier and two female riders sitting on middle tier, one holds out a purple ribbon. Royal Rosarian escorts the float. The bottom tier has sign that reads "Bozo's Circus" and a small yellow sign with the number 13. The side of the bottom tier reads "Pasadena" and the side of the top tier reads "Tournament of Roses." The Rose Festival Parade is an annual event in which floats are made out of flowers and paraded down the streets of Portland.

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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