Portland Rose Festival Parade- float 17 "Arabian Nights"
PARTNER
Japanese American Museum of Oregon
Visit partner
OBJECT ID
ddr-one-1-492 (ONLC 3316)
PARENT COLLECTION
DESCRIPTION
Color slide of Rose Festival Parade float 17 driving down SW Third Ave in front of a large crowd gathered outside a Signal gas station and San Francisco Tailor, behind the Signal gas station is the old Multnomah Hotel. The float theme is written on the side as "Arabian Nights." Five women dressed in large colorful sheer pants and bikini tops wave to the crowd. A man and two women sit under a yellow tent made of flowers at the back of the float. A small yellow sign with the number 17 is visible on the left step that holds a pot made of cream and blue flowers. The front of the float reads "U.S. National Bank." 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 the donor processed on June 16, 1954.
DATE
1948-1954
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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