Historic Hood River
Parade Detail
6-25-2021
Notes
We saw this image a while back, but I thought you would enjoy the Norman Rockwell quality of this detail.
The History Museum of Hood River County
Bringing the Rich History of Hood River County to Life
L.E.
Charlott says the women are possibly part of the Woman’s Relief Corps connected to the GAR. Interesting organization, and it still exists.
https://womansreliefcorps.org/
Will
Could that be a vehicle scale?
JEC
Yes, that is a scale. it was used when Hood River Distillers still used apples (and other fruit?) as raw material for their products. It would not surprise me if it dated back to when those raw materials were brought in in horse drawn wagons.
The people in the picture are assembling for Naval portion of the Memorial Day (or was it still called Decoration Day?) observance in image #475, a ceremony I think was based on the USNavy burial at sea ceremony.
By the way, the building with the Apple Growers Association sign was called th National Cold Storage. IIRC, it was built a year or two before the Union Cold Storage.
Harold
What street is this?
ArthurB
State Street, just west of the bridge (east of Front Street)