Four-unit votive slip with faded double black border. The upper right corner contains the head of a Japanese parade dragon laying empty on the ground, with possibly a large gong behind it. Faded text in surrounding space. Black text and red seal along lower right edge.
Four-unit votive slip on blank page. The upper right corner contains the head of a Japanese parade dragon laying empty on the ground, with possibly a large gong behind it. Faded text in surrounding space. Black text and red seal along lower right edge.
Single-unit votive slip with double black border. Male in white and blue kimono holding green gong. Black and white cat at his feet. White slips with black text in upper and lower left corners.
Item from a collection of University of Oregon faculty, students, buildings, organizations, and events. A group of university students march their float down Willamette St. during the annual junior weekend Parade. In the background, there is one float representing the Hindu goddess Parvati, and one float with a Mosque-like structure. These floats, suggest that the Canoe Fete's theme involved Eastern culture. The students in the foreground appear to have artificually darkened their skin to look more Eastern. Many of the students parading in front of the float are barefoot and dressed like slaves; a slave-driver type character is walking amongst these students with a whip. The student standing on top of the float appears to be dressed as a genie; the float structure he stands on appears to be the genie's lamp. Crowds gather on the sidewalks to watch this culturally appropriated spectacle. A marquee sign advertises Take Me Out to the Ball Game, featuring Gene Kelly, which suggests this parade is happening around 1949.
![[Votive slip folio 40 verso 1]](/thumbnails/7/8/oregondigital-df7252687.jpg "[Votive slip folio 40 verso 1]")
![[Folio 40 verso]](/thumbnails/p/6/oregondigital-df725266p.jpg "[Folio 40 verso]")
![[Votive slip folio 6 verso 4]](/thumbnails/w/7/oregondigital-df729277w.jpg "[Votive slip folio 6 verso 4]")
![Canoe Fete, 1 of 2 [33] (recto)](/thumbnails/b/5/oregondigital-df725z05b.jpg "Canoe Fete, 1 of 2 [33] (recto)")
