Girl being presented ribbon for "Best Girl Costume" at the Gay Nineties parade
Title
Girl being presented ribbon for "Best Girl Costume" at the Gay Nineties parade
Description
A black and white photograph from the 1950s or 1960s featuring a girl being presented a ribbon for the "Best Girl Costume" at the Gay Nineties parade. The woman in black who is presenting the award is Eloise Running. Eloise and Don Running owned the Photo Graphic shop in the 1950s-1960s. 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."
Identifier
FHFG_G90_222
Date: Display
1955/1965
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Copyright
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