Portland Rose Festival Parade Float- "The Phaeton"
PARTNER
Japanese American Museum of Oregon
Visit partner
OBJECT ID
ddr-one-1-548 (ONLC 3373)
PARENT 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.
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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