An Oregon Journal helicopter, hovering over an open field area and a group of people dressed like cavemen, in Grants Pass. Wearing furs and holding clubs, the people are facing towards the helicopter as a woman smiles down at them (negative 1 of 5).

People dressed in caveman costumes posing next to an Oregon Journal Helicopter, in Grants Pass. A woman reaches out the window and reaches towards one of the men, who is wearing furs and holding a stick (negative 2 of 5).

People dressed in caveman costumes posing next to an Oregon Journal Helicopter, in Grants Pass. A woman, also wearing a fur costume, sits next to a man who smiles at the camera (negative 3 of 5).

An Oregon Journal helicopter, over a field at Grants Pass Air Service. People can be seen watching the helicopter from the far side of the field, with mountains in the distance (negative 4 of 5).

George Balsiger, right, holds a chinchilla in the Grants Pass area. Oregon Journal helicopter pilot, Joe Stein, holds a box that reads “Chinchillas” across the side. The pair is standing in front of an Oregon Journal helicopter, used to transport the chinchillas to the Pacific International Livestock Exposition show in Portland. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Monday, May 12, 1947 (negative 4 of 5).