A black and white photograph by Allan J. de Lay featuring Ralph Shumm on stage at the Barbershop Ballad Contest. A handwritten note on the back of the print states "Ralf Shum [sic] 1961."
A Gay Nineties portrait of Forest Grove Mayor Lester Hughes taken in 1955. 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.
A black and white photograph by Allan J. de Lay featuring Eddie Peabody, famous banjo player and the guest talent of the 1961 Barbershop Ballad Contest, at the annual quartet breakfast.
A black and white photograph by Allan J. de Lay featuring Eddie Peabody, famous banjo player and the guest talent of the 1961 Barbershop Ballad Contest, performing at the old Forest Grove High School in 1961.
A black and white photograph by Allan J. de Lay featuring Eddie Peabody, famous banjo and player and the guest talent of the 1961 Barbershop Ballad Contest, performing at the old Forest Grove High School auditorium.
A black and white photograph by Allan J. de Lay featuring an unknown magician and famous banjo player Eddie Peabody, the guest talent of the Barbershop Ballad Contest, at the Gay Nineties festival in 1961.
A black and white photograph featuring Russell Crocker giving Lee Brattan a bicycle ride during the first Gay Nineties festival in 1947. The photograph was taken in front of the location of the current feed store on 19th avenue. 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.
A black and white photograph taken sometime during the Gay Nineties festival in the 1950s. According to a handwritten label on the back of the print, David McCready, Len Dunlap, and Roland and Lucille Hundley are pictured at this gas station, where the Forest Grove Police Station is now located. A "Grove Studio Photo" label is also on the back of the print. 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.
A black and white photograph by Allan J. de Lay featuring Cornelius Junior High School's Gay Nineties parade float in 1960. The photograph was taken in front of the historic Forest Theater on Pacific Avenue.
A black and white photograph featuring a trophy being presented to woman at the Gay Nineties festival in 1960. 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.
A black and white photograph by Allan J. de Lay featuring a man in a buggy at the Gay Nineties parade holding a Washington County News-Times newspaper which headline reads: "Ballad Town U.S.A. Beset by Song" in the 1950s or 1960s.
A black and white photograph by Allan J. de Lay likely depicting the Ballad Towne Belle of 1958. A note on the back of the print states: "Allan J. de Lay, staff photographer for the Oregonian," suggesting that this photograph may have been printed in The Oregonian newspaper.
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.
A black and white photograph by Allan J. de Lay featuring the Quaring Nursing Home's county fair food judging parade float at the 1961 Gay Nineties parade.
A 1962 photograph by Allan J. de Lay featuring the "Royal Order of the Garter" -- the name of which pokes fun at the real British order of chivalry -- being bestowed upon at the Gay Nineties parade. The photograph reportedly depicts Forest Grove residents Merrie French (one of the women standing) and Leonard Dunlap at the microphone.
A black and white photograph of a children's marching band participating in the Gay Nineties parade in the 1950s or early 1960s. The photograph was taken on the corner of Pacific Avenue and Main street. Ellis Lucia, who potentially took this photograph, worked for the Forest Grove News Times.
A black and white photograph by Allan J. de Lay featuring the Sunshine Dairy horse-drawn wagon at the Gay Nineties parade in 1963. The photograph was likely taken on the corner of Pacific Avenue and Main Street looking west.
A black and white photograph by Allan J. de Lay featuring child parade-goers watching the 1961 Gay Nineties parade. Forest Grove resident Nancy Kane is pictured in the far left of the photograph.
A black and white photograph by Allan J. de Lay featuring Oregon Governor Mark Hatfield meeting with a group of individuals dressed up as cavemen and cavewomen from Grants Pass, Oregon during the Gay Nineties festival. A handwritten note on the back of the print states: "This group always brought a jail and would round up people and make you pay or sing (etc) to be set free."
A black and white photograph by Allan J. de Lay featuring Oregon Governor Mark Hatfield meeting with a group of individuals dressed up as cavemen and cavewomen from Grants Pass, Oregon during the Gay Nineties festival. A handwritten note on the back of the print states: "This group always brought a jail and would round up people and make you pay or sing (etc) to be set free."
A black and white photograph from the late 1940s or 1950s featuring a men's marching band in the Gay Nineties parade. 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.
A black and white photograph by Allan J. de Lay featuring a view of the 1962 Gay Nineties parade on Pacific Avenue from the second story of the Forest Grove First National Bank.
