Portland Rose Festival Parade Float- "Tight rope or bridge, Portland to Camas"
PARTNER
Japanese American Museum of Oregon
Visit partner
OBJECT ID
ddr-one-1-151 (ONLC 2975)
PARENT COLLECTION
DESCRIPTION
Color slide of a Rose Festival Parade float driving down W Burnside in front of a crowd outside the Shoreline Hotel and Anchor Inn. Float depicts the crossing from Portland, Oregon to Camas, Washington with a tightrope walker standing on the Portland side holding a white parasol. Sign above float reads "Tight rope or bridge, Portland to Camas." The side of the float reads "Portland" "Upper Sandy" and "Camas." 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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