A photograph featuring two students dressed up for a Gay Nineties-themed dress up event at Forest Grove High School in 1953. 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 photograph featuring Forest Grove high school students Chuck Olson, Gail Hering, and Snowden Gayton dressed up for the Gay Nineties festival in 1952. 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 1958 photograph taken of student Tom Spreng at a Forest Grove elementary school during the Gay Nineties festival. "Allan J. De Lay staff photographer The Oregonian" is stamped on the back of the print, so it is likely that this photograph was taken for the newspaper.
A photograph by Allan J. de Lay featuring a student dressed up wearing a homemade bonnet and dress with barbershop motifs on the occasion of the Gay Nineties festival. The student holds the 1931 edition of the book Tick-Tock Tales for Children by Watty Piper.
A photograph from featuring the Four Flats barbershop group from Newberg, OR, performing at the All-Northwest Barbershop Ballad Contest. The group won first place in the contest in 1947 and 1948. 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 photograph by Allan J. de Lay featuring the Guardsmen barbershop group from Vancouver, WA, performing at the All-Northwest Barbershop Ballad Contest in 1987.
A photograph by Allan J. de Lay featuring the Nomads barbershop group from Salem, Oregon performing at the All-Northwest Barbershop Ballad Contest in 1987.
A black and white photograph featuring the Gay Nineties festival's Best Dressed Contest winners of 1948. 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 featuring an unnamed quartet with satirical moustaches performing at the Forest Grove Barbershop Ballad Contest. The photograph was taken at the old Elm St. high school auditorium, which signifies that it was taken sometime between 1947 and 1953. Further, while 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 featuring the Rose City Four from Portland performing at the All-Northwest Barbershop Ballad Contest in the 1950s or 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 featuring the Jackson Co. Roadshow from Medford, Oregon performing at the 1977 Barbershop Ballad Contest. 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 1953 photograph of the Varsitones barbershop group at the Quartet Breakfast at Forest Hills Country Club during the Gay Nineties festival. 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 featuring can-can dancers performing at Forest Grove's Gay Nineties festival. As the photograph was taken at the old Forest Grove high school auditorium located on Elm Street, it can be established that the photograph was taken between 1947 and 1953. 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 photographer Allan J. de Lay featuring an unnamed, satirical quartet performing at the All-Northwest Barbershop Ballad Contest in the early 1960s.
A black and white photograph by Allan J. de Lay featuring the Forceps Four, the 1954, 1955, and 1958 champions of the All-Northwest Barbershop Ballad Contest. According to a note on the back of the photograph, the group was likely from an Oregon medical school.
A black and white photograph by photographer Allan J. de Lay featuring an unnamed quartet with bowler hats performing at the 1960 All-Northwest Barbershop Ballad Contest.
A black and white photograph featuring the Pena Four from Lebanon, Oregon performing at the 1955 All-Northwest Barbershop Ballad Contest. 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 Fired Up Four, a quartet from Forest Grove High School, performing at the 1977 All-Northwest Barbershop Ballad Contest. Pictured from left to right is bass Jay Young, baritone Don Banham, lead Greg Buckiewicz, and tenor Scott Carter.
A black and white photograph by Allan J. de Lay featuring an unnamed quartet from Seattle performing at the 1960 All-Northwest Barbershop Ballad Contest.
A black and white photograph by Allan J de Lay featuring the Agony Four, the 1950, 1951, and 1952 champions of the Forest Grove Barbershop Ballad Contest. This photograph was taken in 1951.
A black and white photograph by Allan J. de Lay featuring a women's dance routine performing at the 1961 Gay Nineties festival in Forest Grove. The group is likely performing at a theater in a local school. The names listed on the artistic backdrop in the photograph signify that the event was attended by the residents of the nearby communities of Gales Creek and Hillsboro.
A photograph featuring the Varsitones performing at the 1953 All-Northwest Barbershop Ballad Contest. 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.
