Mike Kirby on a penny-farthing during the Gay Nineties festival · Digital Exhibits

Identifier: FHFG_G90_134
Title: Mike Kirby on a penny-farthing during the Gay Nineties festival
Description: A black and white photograph featuring Forest Grove resident Mike Kirby riding a penny-farthing on the occasion of the Gay Nineties festival. The photographer may have been Oregonian photojournalist Allan J. de Lay.; This is one photograph from a collection on the Gay Nineties festival and the the Original All-Northwest Barbershop Ballad Contest in Forest Grove, Oregon. The festival centered around a theme of nostalgia for the 1890s decade. The event, which ran from 1947 through the 1990s, featured a parade downtown, residents dressing up in 1890s-themed costumes for the celebrations, local businesses decorating their window displays, and the crown jewel of the event, the Original All-Northwest Barbershop Ballad Contest, which earned Forest Grove the nickname "Ballad Town U.S.A."
Date: Year(s): 1947-1965
Date: Display: 1947/1961
Subject: Forest Grove (Or.); Nostalgia--United States--19th century; Nostalgia--United States--History--20th century; Barbershop quartets; Barbershop singing; Parades; Festivals
Place: Forest Grove, Oregon
Source: Friends of Historic Forest Grove
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