A black and white photograph featuring Big Tool and Little Tool, the 1956 Barbershop Ballad Contest's special guests. The photographer is unknown, but it may have been Allan J. de Lay, a staff photographer for The Oregonian who took numerous photographs of the event over the years.
A black and white photograph by Allan J. de Lay featuring a clown with a handlebar mustache riding a motorcycle in the 1961 Gay Nineties parade. The photograph was taken on a section of Pacific Avenue that was destroyed by a fire in 1982.
A black and white, staged photograph taken during the Gay Nineties festival in the 1950s or 1960s featuring two school children playing with paper boats in a schoolyard pond. The photographer is unknown, but it may have been Allan J. de Lay, a staff photographer for The Oregonian who took numerous photographs of the event over the years.
A black and white photograph taken during the Gay Nineties festival in the 1950s or 1960s featuring school children dressed up in Gay Nineties attire strolling through the schoolyard. The photographer is unknown, but it may have been Allan J. de Lay, a staff photographer for The Oregonian who took numerous photographs of the event over the years.
A black and white photograph taken during the Gay Nineties festival in the 1950s or 1960s featuring presumably a highschooler tipping his hat in the presence of a classmate. The photographer is unknown, but it may have been Allan J. de Lay, a staff photographer for The Oregonian who took numerous photographs of the event over the years.
A black and white photograph featuring a group of five elementary schoolboys dressed up in barbershop attire during the Gay Nineties festival. The photograph was likely taken in the late 1950s or early 1960s. The photographer is unknown, but it may have been Allan J. de Lay, a staff photographer for The Oregonian who took numerous photographs of the event over the years.
A black and white photograph featuring two school children dressed up for the Gay Nineties festival in a staged fighting stance in the late 1950s or early 1960s. A typewritten inscription on the back reads: "There was a lotta talk about John L. Sullivan and Jim Corbett. A couple of the boys have a demonstration." The photographer is unknown, but it may have been Allan J. de Lay, a staff photographer for The Oregonian who took numerous photographs of the event over the years.
A black and white photograph featuring a Gay Nineties-themed classroom dance. A typewritten inscription on the back reads: "Remember when you danced to 'Turkey in the Straw' and those other lively fiddle tunes? Much more fun than rock n' roll. Everyone's dressed for the part, even teachers and principals." The photographer is unknown, but it may have been Allan J. de Lay, a staff photographer for The Oregonian who took numerous photographs of the event over the years.
A black and white, staged photograph featuring a boy hoop rolling in the school yard during the Gay Nineties festival. The school featured in the photograph is likely what is now known as Tom McCall Elementary School. A typewritten inscription on the back reads: "One of the boys was sure good at that hoop-rolling, and won all the races. Here he demonstrates for admirers. He went over big with the girls." The photographer is unknown, but it may have been Allan J. de Lay, a staff photographer for The Oregonian who took numerous photographs of the event over the years.
A black and white photograph by Allan J. de Lay featuring the "Royal Order of the Garter" -- the name of which pokes fun at the real British order of chivalry -- performing on stage during the Gay Nineties festival in 1961. The photographer is unknown, but it may have been Allan J. de Lay, a staff photographer for The Oregonian who took numerous photographs of the event over the years.
A black and white photograph featuring a waiter serving donuts to barbershop quartets at Hundley's Donut Bar during the first annual Gay Nineties festival in 1947. Lee Brattan and Mrs. Timmerman are pictured seated. The photographer is unknown, but it may have been Allan J. de Lay, a staff photographer for The Oregonian who took numerous photographs of the event over the years.
A black and white photograph featuring Lee Brattan serving donuts to barbershop quartets at Hundley's Donut Bar during the first annual Gay Nineties festival in 1947. Ray Hoss/ Hass is pictured at second left, and Mayor Hughes is pictured as the leftmost gentleman with a top hat. The photographer is unknown, but it may have been Allan J. de Lay, a staff photographer for The Oregonian who took numerous photographs of the event over the years.
A black and white photograph featuring KPOJ AM-FM representing at the Gay Nineties festival in the 1950s or early 1960s. The organization broadcast the finalists of the Original All-Northwest Barbershop Ballad Contest on the radio nationwide. A handwritten note on the back of the print states: "Ballad Contest Radio Broadcast in the '50s." The photographer is unknown, but it may have been Allan J. de Lay, a staff photographer for The Oregonian who took numerous photographs of the event over the years.
A black and white photograph by Allan J. de Lay featuring Ralph Shumm on stage at the Barbershop Ballad Contest. A handwritten note on the back of the print states "Ralf Shum [sic] 1961."
A Gay Nineties portrait of Forest Grove Mayor Lester Hughes taken in 1955. The photographer is unknown, but it may have been Allan J. de Lay, a staff photographer for The Oregonian who took numerous photographs of the event over the years.
A black and white photograph by Allan J. de Lay featuring Eddie Peabody, famous banjo player and the guest talent of the 1961 Barbershop Ballad Contest, at the annual quartet breakfast.
A black and white photograph by Allan J. de Lay featuring Eddie Peabody, famous banjo player and the guest talent of the 1961 Barbershop Ballad Contest, performing at the old Forest Grove High School in 1961.
A black and white photograph by Allan J. de Lay featuring Eddie Peabody, famous banjo and player and the guest talent of the 1961 Barbershop Ballad Contest, performing at the old Forest Grove High School auditorium.
A black and white photograph by Allan J. de Lay featuring an unknown magician and famous banjo player Eddie Peabody, the guest talent of the Barbershop Ballad Contest, at the Gay Nineties festival in 1961.
A black and white photograph featuring Russell Crocker giving Lee Brattan a bicycle ride during the first Gay Nineties festival in 1947. The photograph was taken in front of the location of the current feed store on 19th avenue. The photographer is unknown, but it may have been Allan J. de Lay, a staff photographer for The Oregonian who took numerous photographs of the event over the years.
