Historic Hood River
“Hungarian”
5-17-2024
Notes
This image from the Hood River News collection just has the enigmatic caption “Hungarian.” I’ll make a few guesses: Since the images in this box seem to all be from 1957, this could be a family of refugees from the 1956 Hungarian Uprising, when Hungarian people attempted to overthrow their Soviet backed government. Perhaps someone knows more of this story? Maybe those kids are still in the area? They would be about 70 now.
L. E.
A 1961 Oregonian article about some of the refugees who came to Portland.
https://vintagetek.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/HungarianRefugees_Oregonian_11051961.pdf
DAVID
My boy classmates back then and I all had those Western shirts.
I’d wear one today.