First Portland Rose Festival parade, SW 6th and Oak, 1907.
The idea for Portland, Oregon’s Rose Festival was presented to the public
in a speech by Mayor Harry Lane (below) at the end of the Lewis and Clark
Centennial Exposition in 1905. The first festival occurred in 1907.
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Harry Lane (1855-1917) The 35th Mayor
of Portland, Oregon (1905 – 1909)
Portland Heights float.
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