Portland Rose Festival Parade- Float 43 "Happy Elves"

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Japanese American Museum of Oregon
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ddr-one-1-458 (ONLC 3282)

Frank C. Hirahara Collection

Color slide of Rose Festival Parade float 43 driving down W Burnside in front of a crowd gathered outside the Shoreline Hotel, Anchor Inn, and Sailors Union of the Pacific. The float is of a green and pink bloomed flower with three riders sitting on top of the float dressed as elves in teal costumes, waving to the crowd. On the front of the float is a small yellow sign with number 43 on it. A Royal Rosarian escorts the float. The Portland Rose Festival Parade is an annual event in which floats are made out of flowers and paraded down the streets of Portland. According to donor processed on September 12, 1952.

1948-1954

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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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