Portland Rose Festival Parade- Women's Drum Corps

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Japanese American Museum of Oregon
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ddr-one-1-178 (ONLC 3002)

Frank C. Hirahara Collection

Color slide of drum majorettes in white uniforms leading an all female drum team in red and gray uniforms down W Burnside in front of a crowd outside the Shoreline Hotel and Cafe. The Blue Eagle Cafe is visible in the background. One woman is carrying a banner with writing that reads "Knights __ Girls Drum Corps." The Rose Festival Parade is an annual event in which floats are made out of flowers and paraded down the streets of Portland.

1950

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Japanese American Museum of Oregon; Portland, Oregon

Courtesy of Frank C. Hirahara Collection, Japanese American Museum of Oregon

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