Lee Brattan serving donuts at Hundley's Donut Bar during the first annual Gay Nineties festival
Title
Lee Brattan serving donuts at Hundley's Donut Bar during the first annual Gay Nineties festival
Description
A black and white photograph featuring Lee Brattan serving donuts to barbershop quartets at Hundley's Donut Bar during the first annual Gay Nineties festival in 1947. Ray Hoss/ Hass is pictured at second left, and Mayor Hughes is pictured as the leftmost gentleman with a top hat. The photographer is unknown, but it may have been Allan J. de Lay, a staff photographer for The Oregonian who took numerous photographs of the event over the years.
This is one photograph from a collection on the Gay Nineties festival and the the Original All-Northwest Barbershop Ballad Contest in Forest Grove, Oregon. The festival centered around a theme of nostalgia for the 1890s decade. The event, which ran from 1947 through the 1990s, featured a parade downtown, residents dressing up in 1890s-themed costumes for the celebrations, local businesses decorating their window displays, and the crown jewel of the event, the Original All-Northwest Barbershop Ballad Contest, which earned Forest Grove the nickname "Ballad Town U.S.A."
Creator
De Lay, Allan J.
Date: Display
1947
Identifier
FHFG_G90_240
Subject
Forest Grove (Or.)
Nostalgia--United States--19th century
Nostalgia--United States--History--20th century
Barbershop quartets
Barbershop singing
Parades
Festivals
Place
Forest Grove, Oregon
Copyright
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Source
Friends of Historic Forest Grove