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Originally Posted by flybigjet
Willamette Street, Eugene, Oregon. March 29, 1956.
The sign on the left said "First National Bank" and below that, "Eugene".
Most of the cars were mid-50's vintage or older.
That gave me a potential city and time frame.
From there, I searched for pictures of Eugene's Main Street in the 1950's.
Eventually, I found a couple that matched with the signs on the parade route (look at the "Heilig" sign in the back of the pictures and "Stanley's Del-Ray Restaurant") and the hill at the very end of the street. That confirmed the location and the city.
Next, I cross-indexed a list of the cities that the Futurliners visited from 1953-1956.
The only time the Futurliners were in Eugene, Oregon was on March 29, 1956. They stayed at the Eugene Hotel and put on the display at the University of Oregon campus.
My Search-Fu was strong tonight.
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I love your search approach. There's I trick I use sometimes. Classmates dot com allows you to search high school yearbooks by year. I saw Eugene on the the bank sign just like you did so I searched classmates for high schools in Eugene. I selected Eugene High School 1957 yearbook. In the back of many yearbooks is the advertising section. It's literally a snapshot in time of the businesses and often includes the street addresses. I can see if a business in the photo is listed as an advertisement and get the street address to verify.
Just in case you were wondering, yes, I'm retired!
Here is Stanley's Del Rey Restaurant ad in the 1957 yearbook on this screenshot from the yearbook.