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Huge crowd in downtown Portland for Rose Festival. 1950

Y-500609-D46. Rose Festival crowds at SW 6th & Alder, looking south on 6th. Pioneer Courthouse on left. June 9, 1950. Published in Oregonian June 10, 1950: “Crowds numbering into the thousands swept into the street after the parade passed each of the many blocks along its route. In this view, looking south on Sixth Avenue from Alder street, the massed throngs completely fill the wide street from building to building. This photograph was taken from one of the platforms erected by crews demolishing the old Oregonian building, which has provided vantage points for photographers who covered the Festival parades during their 42-year history.”

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Image Size: 5937x4567 / 51.8MB; 1950 4x5" original negative Portland Oregon Rose Festival downtown Portland crowd Lerner Shop
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Y-500609-D46. Rose Festival crowds at SW 6th & Alder, looking south on 6th. Pioneer Courthouse on left. June 9, 1950. Published in Oregonian June 10, 1950: “Crowds numbering into the thousands swept into the street after the parade passed each of the many blocks along its route. In this view, looking south on Sixth Avenue from Alder street, the massed throngs completely fill the wide street from building to building. This photograph was taken from one of the platforms erected by crews demolishing the old Oregonian building, which has provided vantage points for photographers who covered the Festival parades during their 42-year history.”