Nadine Trudell, surrounded by other competitors for the Jefferson rose court, shortly after learning that she was crowned the 1958 Jefferson High School rose princess (negative 3 of 5).

Junior Rose Festival Queen Sharon Brady sits on a throne, while Prime Minister Everett Stiles Jr. stands to next to her. Brady is holding a large bouquet of roses and wearing a grown and cape, while Stiles is wearing a suit and small half-cape. A photograph from this series was published on page 1 of the Oregon Journal on Thursday, May 25, 1944 (negative 2 of 4).

Children on a float during the Junior Rose Festival parade in Portland. The sides of the float are lined with ferns, and some of the children are wearing sack costumes (negative 3 of 4).

Photograph showing a rose show at the 1941 Rose Festival, at civic auditorium. A man is leaning on a table, which is holding rose-filled vases. Above the table is a sign attached to the wall, reading “Portland Postal Employees National Air Mail Rose Show” (negative 10 of 11).

Photograph showing members of the Portland Rose Festival court visiting soldiers at Veterans Hospital in Portland. At the center of the group is Rose Festival Queen Shirley Louise Flowler, wearing a crown and holding a baton. Two men wearing hospital robes and seated in wheelchairs are in front of the group, while other men in hospital robes stand with the women. A brick building can be seen in the background (negative 1 of 5).

A group of adolescent boys pulling a wooden cart holding a dummy during the 1954 Junior Portland Rose Festival parade. The appears to be wearing jeans, a checkered shirt, and leg cast. On the side of the cart of a sign reading “This Could Be You” (negative 8 of 18).

A child sits in a wheelchair while watching the 1954 Portland Rose Festival from an open window. A woman stands behind the wheelchair, with one hand on each handle. Two balloons are tied to the chair (negative 10 of 14).

A photograph taken from a high angle and looking downward at the Portland Rose Festival parade on S.W. Broadway. A marching band is walking down the street, behind a line of people carrying flags. The Paramount Theatre can be seen at the right side of the frame, across from the J.J. Parker Theatre (negative 5 of 14).

An unidentified person placing a tiara on the head of Leah Bartender, the 1955 Grant High School Rose Festival Princess (negative 6 of 10).

Carole Christal tying a white scarf on the neck of Roger Christal who is preparing to participate in the 1955 Junior Rose Festival Parade. Roger Christal wears a satin sailor suit and stands beside his bicycle which is decorated with streamers and fabric roses (negative 1 of 3).

A group of people sits in under the canopy of a camping trailer. Five of them identified as Mr. and Mrs. Mervin F. Lyon of Long Beach, CA, Mr. and Mrs. W.F. Van Meter of Santa Ana, CA, and Mr. and Mrs. Mack McCammon of Rosemead, CA are posing browsing a newspaper and a map of Portland while a sixth person identified as Dulcie Pridgeon of Phoenix, AZ is kneeling in front of them holding a camera. This photo was published in the June 8, 1956 issue of the Oregon Journal (negative 2 of 5).

A wide shot of a parking lot filled with camping trailers and vehicles. A sign in the background reads "New System Laundry" (negative 5 of 5).

Photograph of four people, identified from left to right as Jess E. Parker of Corvallis, OR holding the Nicholson Bowl; Harry Wheatcroft of Nottinham, England; Rose Festival Queen Sharon Frey; and Sam McGredy of Portadown, Northern Ireland holding an envelope (negative 2 of 2).

Three marching band members laying on grass with their coats off. One is laying face down with a clarinet by their feet, one is wearing sunglasses and next to a trumpet, and another with laying with their feet crossed next to a baritone horn (negative 2 of 7).

A view of the Portland Rose Festival parade, in downtown Portland, likely taken near S.W. 6th Avenue and S.W. Yamhill Street. A military band can be seen marching down the street, between crowds, in front of a float for “Navy Pioneer Electronics.” The central bus depot can be seen on the left side of the street, as well a small portion of the Pioneer Courthouse building (negative 1 of 26).

A crowd is gathered to watch marchers during the Portland Rose festival parade in Portland. A woman, wearing a costume and holding a baton, walks in front of what appears to be a military band (negative 5 of 26).

A crowd gathered in downtown Portland, to watch the Rose Festival parade. Several children are seated on the ground in front of standing adults (negative 9 of 26).

An aerial view of the Rose Festival parade in Portland. People and floats can be seen in the middle of a street, which is lined on both sides by a crowd (negative 3 of 10).

The 1947 Rose Festival court stands at the top of a set of stairs at Lambert Gardens in Portland. At the center of the group is Rose Festival queen Georgene, wearing a crown and holding a scepter. A photograph from this series was published in the Oregon Journal on Friday, June 13, 1947 (negative 2 of 7).

Women stand in front of a rose display at the 1948 Rose Show, as part of the Portland Rose Festival. The display features the painting of a covered wagon, under an awning that reads “Oregon’s 100th Anniversary, 60 years of rose shows.” Above the display is a decorative facade with human figured (negative 6 of 6).

Three men standing in front of a ski jump at the 1953 Portland Rose Festival. The jump has been built at Multnomah Stadium, supported by visible scaffolding. Skiers can be seen on the slope of the jump, in front of the Multnomah Athletic Club building (negative 1 of 7).

Portland Rose Festival Queen Joyce, visiting the Veterans Hospital. Joyce is standing with a suited man in front of a microphone, while wearing a crown and holding a bouquet of flowers. People can be seen in the background, in front of the Veterans Hospital building (negative 1 of 6).

An “Oregon City Jaycees” float at the Portland Rose Festival, at the Multnomah Stadium. People on the float are dressed as matadors, with a bull made of flowers. An audience fills the stands in the distance (negative 15 of 19).

A parade float at the Portland Rose Festival, depicting the crossing from Camas to Portland. A woman stands next to a tight rope with an attached sign that reads “Tight Rope or Bridge, Portland to Camas” that hangs above the “Upper Sandy.” The float is at Multnomah Stadium (negative 19 of 39).

The Portland Rose Festival parade passing in front of the Oregon Journal building on Front Avenue. People can be seen lining either side of the street, as floats in the shape of an elephant and a clown pass by. A man holding a camera stands at the right side of the frame (negative 3 of 39).

A child on a flower festooned chair, during the Junior Portland Rose Festival parade. She wears a flower crown and appears to be pushed (negative 5 of 9).

Janet Straube, Rose Festival princess for Washington High School. She is seated at a table and holding a glass jar, next to a microscope and other glass jars (negative 1 of 4).

Princess Jean McMillian, Rose Festival princess for Jane Addams High School. She is standing on a tennis court holding a racket in her raised hand. In front of her is a tennis net (negative 2 of 4).