Alliance Carnation Festival Queen photographs   Save
People, Places, and Events in Ohio
Description: Two photographs show the crowning of the Carnation Festival Queen in Alliance, Ohio. The photographs were taken in the 1960s. Alliance became known as the "Carnation City" in 1876, when Dr. Levi Lamborn began giving William McKinley a carnation prior to their congressional debates. McKinley, who was a close friend of Lamborn, considered the carnation a good luck charm and wore them throughout his career as Ohio governor and later president of the United States. The carnation became the state flower of Ohio in 1904 in remembrance of the assassinated president. In 1959, Alliance was officially designated "Carnation City" and the first Carnation Festival was held the following summer in 1960. The photographs measure View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3294_4563746_001
Subjects: Ohio Government; Arts and Entertainment; Plants and Animals; Flowers; Festivals; Ohio state symbols
Places: Alliance (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)