Portland Rose Festival Parade- Float 43 "Kiwanis"

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PARTNER

Japanese American Museum of Oregon
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OBJECT ID

ddr-one-1-159 (ONLC 2983)

PARENT COLLECTION

Frank C. Hirahara Collection

DESCRIPTION

Color slide of Rose Festival Parade float 43 driving down W Burnside in front of a crowd outside the Shoreline Hotel. The sign for the Blue Eagle Cafe is visible in the background as well as a woman dressed in a Native American costume riding a Paint horse. The float is a large clown head with three riders dressed up as clowns. The float has "Kiwanis" written on the side in flowers. 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

Portland, Oregon

OBJECT GENRE

Photographs

OBJECT FORMAT

Still Image

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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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ddr-one-1-159-mezzanine-d076487d14 - Color slide
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-159-mezzanine-d076487d14/
ddr-one-1-159-master-526c598c0e - Color slide
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-159-master-526c598c0e/
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