Portland Rose Festival queen Georgene, wearing a dress and tiara, places a footprint on wet cement. Members of the festival court stand around her. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Friday, June 13, 1947 (negative 1 of 7).
People stand on the side of a street to watch the Portland Rose Festival parade. A child appears to be standing inside a large plastic bag, being shielded from the rain. Photographs from this series were published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, June 13, 1948 (negative 11 of 22).
Majorettes from a drill team from Victoria, British Columbia, wearing matching uniforms and marching in a Portland Rose Festival parade in Portland. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, June 13, 1948 (negative 3 of 22).
People huddled under umbrellas during the 1948 Portland Rose Festival parade. Several children are looking at the camera while under an umbrella with a smiling woman. Photographs from this series were published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, June 13, 1948 (negative 5 of 22).
A child holds a balloon while watching the Portland Rose Festival parade. A zebra is printed on the balloon, and people can be seen smiling in the background, while seated on a curb. Photographs from this series were published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, June 13, 1948 (negative 8 of 22).
Doris Farrar, Rose Festival princess for Girls Polytechnic High School. She is seated on a couch with fashion drawings and a large book. A pencil can be seen in one hand, which is she using to draw. Another book with a fashion drawing is on the ground next to her foot (negative 1 of 3).
People in a ski jump built at Multnomah Stadium for the 1953 Portland Rose Festival. The surface of the jump appears to be lined with straw, as several people stand on skis on a patch of snow. At the left side of the frame, a man is spraying water (snow?) from a hose (negative 4 of 7).
Rose Festival Queen Shirley Howard, seated at a table with Chief Steward Joseph Thompson, most likely in Portland. Howard is holding a dried posyin one hand and looking towards Thompson, who brought the dried flower on a Liberty ship trip to the South Pacific. This photograph was published on page 9 of the Oregon Journal on Tuesday, February 15, 1944 (negative 1 of 2).
Junior Rose Festival Queen Sharon Brady and Prime Minister Everett Stiles Jr. pose with the Rose Festival junior court on a decorative set with fake rocks and bouquets of flowers. A photograph from this series was published on page 1 of the Oregon Journal on Thursday, May 25, 1944 (negative 3 of 4).
Photograph showing a rose show at the 1941 Rose Festival, at civic auditorium. Two young women face one another and stand next to a table holding vases of roses (negative 11 of 11).
Photograph showing Portland Rose Festival Queen Shirley Louise Flowler, standing on a balcony at Veterans’ Hospital in Portland. Beyond the balcony, an United States flag hangs on a pole. Flowler is holding a metal baton and looking out over the balcony, where hills can be seen in the distance (negative 5 of 5).
Photograph of an electric float in the shape of a ship from the Portland Rose Festival from 1914, with the name “Commerce” written on a sign at the front. The side of the ship has “Princess Mary” written on the side. Several individuals pose on the float looking at the camera.
Street scene photograph taken during the Portland Rose Festival from a high vantage point from the Electric Building at 621 SW Alder Street, looking north. Street cars and automobiles are visible on the street. Signs for “Western Union Theater,” “Liberty Theater,” and “Bronson’s” are visible. Evergreen boughs are strung between streetlights, and two American flags hang at the front of the frame.
Photograph of the SP&S Railroad Band marching in the Rose Festival parade in Portland, Oregon. Large crowds watch the parade. Handwriting on the back of the print reads, "SPS Ry Band of Vancouver, Wash. Rose Festival, Portland, Or."
Princess Carol of the 1951 Rose Festival court presents a rose to Beuford Ledbetter during a visit the Veterans Hospital in Portland. Ledbetter is holding the rose with one hand, and appears to be missing it left arm. Dr. G.F. Asbury stands at the other side of Carol. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Thursday, June 7, 1951 (negative 2 of 5).
Rose Festival Queen Gloria Krieger sings for an audience in front of Veterans Hospital in Portland, during a visit with the Rose Festival Court. She stands in front of a microphone while holding a scepter, with other court members standing behind. A similar photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Thursday, June 7, 1951 (negative 3 of 5).
Children on a float during the Junior Portland Rose Festival parade. The float is decorated with a large harp and a hand painted sign that reads “We Will Remember 1951, Will You?” (negative 4 of 27).
Veteran G.H. Bancroft, dressed as “Queen Rosie” (left) with Portland Rose Festival Queen Jeanne, during a visit from the court to the Portland Veterans’ Hospital. Bancroft, holding an umbrella while seated in a wheelchair, smiles upward at Jeanne. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Thursday, June 12, 1952 (negative 1 of 12).
Parade floats at Multnomah Stadium during the 1952 Portland Rose Festival. A small horse pulls a young man and woman in a cart decorated with flowers, while other floats can be seen parked on the stadium field (negative 1 of 38).
Parade floats at Multnomah Stadium during the 1952 Portland Rose Festival. A group of women, wearing tulle dresses, sit on a float while drinking from cups. A “9” is affixed to the front of the float, which is on a field below the Multnomah Athletic Club building (negative 14 of 38).
Parade floats at Multnomah Stadium during the 1952 Portland Rose Festival. A woman, wearing a bathing suit, holds a flowered book on a float for Pacific Power & Light. Spectators can be seen watching from covered stands in the background (negative 3 of 38).
Parade floats at Multnomah Stadium during the 1952 Portland Rose Festival. A woman waves from the top of a float, standing in the center of a flower dress (negative 4 of 38).
A marching band, made up of women black women, during the Portland Junior Rose Festival parade. A young girl marches at the front of the band, carrying a baton (negative 11 of 22).
