PARTNER

OBJECT ID

ddr-one-1-548 (ONLC 3373)

PARENT COLLECTION

Frank C. Hirahara Collection

DESCRIPTION

Color slide of a float driving down W Burnside in front of a crowd outside the Blue Eagle Café on the corner of NW Second Ave. The float is of a phaeton style carriage made of white flowers with a blue flowers on the trim and red flowers for the wheels. Two horses made of white flowers pull the carriage. Two women ride inside the carriage, a man in a pink jacket and cream vest holds the reins of the horses and acts like the driver of the carriage. The side of the float reads "US National Bank" while the front reads "The Phaeton." The Portland Rose Festival Parade is an annual event in which floats are made out of flowers and paraded down the streets of Portland. Processed June 14, 1964.

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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