ddr-one-1 — Frank C. Hirahara Collection — Objects

img Portland Rose Festival Parade- float 36 "Cinderella" (ddr-one-1-510)

Color slide of Rose Festival Parade float 36driving 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 depicts part of the story of Cinderella as she is leaving the Prince's ball at midnight. …

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img Portland Rose Festival Parade- float 39 "Neptune's Court" (ddr-one-1-511)

Color slide of Rose Festival Parade float 39 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 has four female riders sitting with only their torsos exposed. Their legs are covered by …

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img Portland Rose Festival Parade float- "Aluminum Company of America" (ddr-one-1-512)

Color slide of a Rose Festival Parade float driving by a crowd in front of San Francisco Tailor on SW Third Ave. The float has four young girls in white dresses sitting around a May pole, a young woman sits behind them in front of a large harp made of yellow flowers that is being played …

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img Portland Rose Festival Parade float- "Sport of Queens" (ddr-one-1-513)

Color slide of a Rose Festival float 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 has "Sport of Queens" written on the side in yellow flowers. The float depicts greyhound racing, …

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img Portland Rose Festival Parade- float 33 "General Petroleum" (ddr-one-1-514)

Color slide of Rose Festival Parade float 33 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 is made of white and blue flowers, with a large red Pegasus flying over top. …

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img Portland Rose Festival Parade- float 32 "Vancouver, WA" (ddr-one-1-515)

Color slide of Rose Festival Parade float 32 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 is showing a woman in a silver Roman gladiator costume fighting a dragon with a …

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img Portland Rose Festival Parade- float 31 "Portland Traction" (ddr-one-1-516)

Color slide of Rose Festival Parade float 31 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 has three mermaids seated around the front of the float, and a man dressed as …

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img Portland Rose Festival Parade- float 23 "Fountain of Youth" (ddr-one-1-517)

Color slide of Rose Festival Parade float 23 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 depicts a Spanish conquistadors discovering the fountain of youth under a pink willow tree. The …

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img Portland Rose Festival Parade- float 29 "Paul Bunyan and Babe" (ddr-one-1-518)

Color slide of Rose Festival Parade float 29 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 has a large flower depiction of Paul Bunyan and his ox Babe. Three women dressed …

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img Portland Rose Festival Parade Float- "Old Oregon Trail" (ddr-one-1-519)

Color slide of a Rose Festival Parade float 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 is of a covered wagon and red ox. The covered wagon has "Beaverton or Bust" …

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img Portland Rose Festival Parade- float 26 "At the end of the rainbow" (ddr-one-1-520)

Color slide of Rose Festival Parade float 26 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 is of rainbow coming out of an overturned leprechaun pot with six young women in …

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img Roses (ddr-one-1-521)

Color slide of a row of pink rose bushes. Other rows of red and pink rose bushes are visible in background. Image was most likely taken at the Rose Test Garden in Washington Park. According to donor processed on June 14, 1964.

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img Roses (ddr-one-1-522)

Color slide of red rose bush. Image was most likely taken at the Rose Test Garden in Washington Park. According to donor processed on June 14, 1964.

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img Roses (ddr-one-1-523)

Color slide of a side of a hill covered in pink and red rose bushes. Image was most likely taken at the Rose Test Garden in Washington Park. According to donor processed on June 14, 1964.

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img Rose Test Garden (ddr-one-1-524)

Color slide of the Rose Test Garden in Washington Park. Rows of various types of rose bushes can be seen across the image. Five other visitors can be seen looking at the various rose bushes. According to donor processed on June 14, 1964.

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img Roses (ddr-one-1-525)

Color slide of red and pink rose bushes. Image was most likely taken at the Rose Test Garden in Washington Park. According to donor processed on June 14, 1964.

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img Rose tray (ddr-one-1-526)

Color slide of two young girls in purple costumes kneeling and holding a large tray of pink rose buds with ribbons tied around their stems. The girls are kneeling before 1951 Rose Festival Queen Gloria Krieger who is dressed in a white jacket and hat and sitting in a golden chair. The woman holds a small …

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img Garden speech (ddr-one-1-527)

Color slide of 1951 Rose Festival Queen Gloria Krieger dressed in a white skirt, jacket and hat. She stands in front of a man in a white suit and two young girls in purple costumes. Forming an aisle are young women dressed in peach colored dresses, behind them stand men in white suits with various colored …

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img Portland Rose Festival Parade- float 8 (ddr-one-1-528)

Color slide of Rose Festival Parade float 8 driving down W Burnside in front of a crowd gathered outside the Chinese Medicine Co and Dr. Geo Chan's office. The float depicts Santa Claus in his sleigh and reindeer, including Rudolph taking off from a roof top. The float has a blue ribbon attached to the front …

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img Garden dance (ddr-one-1-529)

Color slide taken from the top of a hill behind a crowd watching what appears to part of an event for the Rose Festival. There are eight girls in colorful gowns, and one girl is leading them in a dance in a short white dress. A military band is seated in the background on the left. …

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img Portland Rose Festival Parade- float 32 "First Prom" (ddr-one-1-530)

Color slide of Rose Festival Parade float 32 driving down W Burnside in front of a crowd outside the Blue Eagle Café on the corner of NW Second Ave. The float has four women standing inside large oversized prom skirts made of flowers. The front of the float reads "PGE" and has a small yellow sign …

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img Portland Rose Festival Parade- float 31 "Newberg" (ddr-one-1-531)

Color slide of Rose Festival Parade float 31 driving down W Burnside in front of a crowd outside a Blue Eagle Café on NW Second Ave. A sign for the Chinese Medicine Co can be seen in background. The float is a carriage covered in white and purple flowers with two women sitting inside waving at …

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img Portland Rose Festival Parade- float 29 "Sears" (ddr-one-1-532)

Color slide of Rose Festival Parade float 29 driving down W Burnside in front of a crowd outside the Blue Eagle Café on the corner of NW Second Ave. The float has a carriage made of white flowers with a red trim and purple wheels. The carriage is pulled by a horse made of white flowers. …

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img Portland Rose Festival Parade Float- "Pacific Telephone" (ddr-one-1-533)

Color slide of the side of the Pacific Telephone float in the Rose Festival Parade driving down W Burnside and the intersection of NW Second Ave, the corner of the Shoreline Hotel is visible in the background. The side of float has purple, white and red flowers and reads "Pacific Telephone." On the float five women …

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img Leopard horse and rider (ddr-one-1-534)

A color slide of an unidentified rider in a pink shirt and white pants riding on a black and white leopard horse in the Portland Rose Festival Parade. The horse has a black saddle and red reins. The horse and rider are posed in front of a crowd outside the Blue Eagle Cafe on the corner …

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