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IT’S ROSE FESTIVAL FLEET WEEK!

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Rose Festival Fleet Week in 1939 brought the USS Philadelphia to Portland. It is seen 
here tied up along the seawall at the foot of SW Salmon St. in front of the old Public Market building.

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U.S. Navy sailors marching across the Morrison Bridge in the Rose Parade of 1961

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ROSE FESTIVAL ~ AROUND 1950

Radio cab's rose festival float around 1950
Radio Cab’s float entry

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PORTLAND ROSE FESTIVAL ~ 1940

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Portland Fire Department’s new  Truck-7 is decorated for the parade

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