Portland Rose Festival Parade- float 14 "Shell"
PARTNER
Japanese American Museum of Oregon
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OBJECT ID
ddr-one-1-169 (ONLC 2993)
PARENT COLLECTION
DESCRIPTION
Color slide of Rose Festival float 14 driving down W Burnside in front of a crowd outside W.L. Reid Company Building Hardware Specialties and the Riverfront Hotel and Cafe. An advertisement for Chevrolet is visible in the background on the side of the Portland Commons Annex. The float depicts a tiger jumping through a hoop. A woman in a short green dress stands next to the leaping tiger. The front of the float has a small yellow sign with number 14 on it, and the word "Shell" written in red flowers. A Royal Rosarian escorts the float. 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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