Tea and "gossip" during the Gay Nineties festival

Identifier

FHFG_G90_138

Title

Tea and "gossip" during the Gay Nineties festival

Description

A black and white, seemingly staged photograph featuring three women dressed up for the Gay Nineties festival who are "gossiping" over tea. One of the women pictured is Tora Samuelson. Photographer Allan J. de Lay may have taken this photograph, which dates to the 1950s or early 1960s.

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)

1950/1965

Date: Display

1950-1965

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

Copyright

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