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Parkdale Parade

7-1-2022
Parkdale Parade

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Notes

With July 4th weekend approaching it’s time for a parade, even if it is a bit of an odd one. This is the 1958 parade in Parkdale. The Hood River Memorial Hospital float is showing off the modern technology now available to respond to all your industrial accident needs, whether it be a broken pelvis, leg and concussion, or a broken back. Have a safe holiday!

Category: Parkdale
Tags: 1950s, hospital, July 4th, parade, Parkdale

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  1. L.E.

    1st July 2022 @ 07:40 AM

    I looked up the tradition of a nurse's cap. “…the cap originated in the early Christian era as a head covering for deaconesses or nuns who cared for the sick. During the 1800s, the head covering evolved into the more familiar white cap worn….”
    I didn't know this.
    “At one time, caps also symbolized a nurse’s educational background. Different nursing schools had specific caps for their nursing students. For example, first-year nursing students wore a cap with a simple design. In comparison, final-year nursing students wore caps of a different shape or ribbon color. Nurses also used caps in the workplace as a way to be identified in the hospital and differentiate their ranks and themselves from other hospital employees.”

  2. Bhuk

    1st July 2022 @ 07:56 AM

    The 4th of July parade was a very big deal in Parkdale- according to the Gordon twins, Marian and Helen. (Both married to Hukari cousins) Not sure what year it ended. I have no memory of it- being born in 1957…
    But the Halloween Pumpkin Parade is very popular now in Parkdale!

  3. nels

    1st July 2022 @ 08:00 AM

    Does anybody recognize the building in the background?

  4. Arlen L Sheldrake

    1st July 2022 @ 08:47 AM

    as my wife can attest, nurses' uniforms have changed drastically over the years

  5. kmb

    1st July 2022 @ 08:55 AM

    Interesting, but a bit macabre for what should be a celebratory parade.

  6. ArthurB

    1st July 2022 @ 10:11 AM

    I'm with you, kmb, but that's what makes it a fun post.

  7. Bhuk

    4th July 2022 @ 08:13 AM

    Yes- the building in the background is the east side of the now Parkdale Hardware store. When I was growing up it was a garage for the mechanics with the gas station. Apple Valley BBQ would sit right behind the float, where we see tips of young trees in this pic.

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