Mike Kirby on a penny-farthing during the Gay Nineties festival
Title
Mike Kirby on a penny-farthing during the Gay Nineties festival
Description
A black and white photograph featuring Forest Grove resident Mike Kirby riding a penny-farthing on the occasion of the Gay Nineties festival. The photographer may have been Oregonian photojournalist Allan J. de Lay.
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."
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FHFG_G90_134
Date: Display
1947/1961
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Copyright
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