The original Paas Easter egg dye was invented in1893 by William Townley.
a drug store owner in Newark, New Jersey. He concocted recipes for home
products and figured out how to concentrate dye in tablet form and made
the modern Easter egg dyeing kit. The original price of each tablet was
five cents and customers would make the dye by combining the tablets
with water and vinegar. Townley eventually renamed his business the
Paas Dye Company. The name Paas comes from “Pasen,” the word
used by the Dutch for Easter. Paas is the largest manufacturer of
Easter egg dyes.

Peacock Lane is located between SE Stark St. and SE Belmont St. and one block 
east of SE 39th in Portland, Oregon. 

                                 Remaining Schedule for 2012

                                      December 15 – 30: 6 pm – 11 pm

                                      December 31: 6 pm – midnight

looking north from SW 6th Avenue and Oak Street

Postcard of the Portland Rose Carnival in 1911

 
Portland Fire Dept. float, 1912

The 1912 Rose Festival Parade included a float from Kenton.