Doris Farrar, Rose Festival princess for Girls Polytechnic High School. She is standing in front of a window, looking downwards at a three roses (negative 3 of 3).

Janet Straube, Rose Festival princess for Washington High School. She is seated at a table and holding a microscope. On the table is a glass jar holding two starfish, flasks, and a model of an ear (negative 2 of 4).

Mary Schaller, Rose Festival princess for Clinton Kelly High School of Commerce. She is sitting on a chair holding a small dog in her lap. The chair is draped with a blanket (negative 4 of 5).

A ski jump built at Multnomah Stadium for the 1953 Portland Rose Festival. The wooden jump is supported by an extensive network of supports, which can be seen in front of the clubhouse for the brick Multnomah Athletic Club (negative 4 of 4).

A Saturnia rose, photographed at a show during the Portland Rose festival, grown by Mrs. Nat Schoen of Vancouver. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, June 16, 1946 (negative 1 of 9).

A Portland Rose Festival float for Meadow-Land Dairy, at Mulnomah Stadium in Portland. A cart, decorated with roses and a milk bottle, is being pulled by six horses, which are standing next to people wearing “Meadow-Land Dairy” uniforms. The ivy-covered clubhouse for the Multnomah Athletic Club can be seen in the background (negative 18 of 27).

Three people ride on the back of an automobile during the Portland Rose Festival parade. A man, wearing a crown, sits between two young women holding bouquets of Roses (Queen Lloyde on his left?) (negative 6 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. The Willamette River and the Burnside Bridge can be seen in the distance. Most likely taken near N.E. 12th Avenue and N.E. Lloyd Street (negative 1 of 10).

The 1948 Rose Festival Queen (Barbara Logue?), wearing a crown, knights a young patient during a visit to Shriners Hospital in Portland. The patient smiles at the camera while holding a set of crutches, as others watch from the background. A photograph from this series was published in the Oregon Journal on Saturday, June 12, 1948 (negative 1 of 10).

Majorettes, holding batons and wearing uniforms, at the Portland Rose Festival parade. People can be seen carrying drums in the background, with spectators at the side of the street (negative 20 of 22).

A group of young women, serving at 1941 Rose Festival princesses, pose as a group under an umbrella. They are all wearing long coats and jackets, and the woman at the center of the group is holding a single rose (negative 1 of 8).

Photograph showing Rose Festival Queen, Betty Jane, with an unidentified La Grande queen. Betty Jane is holding what appears to be a metal scepter, while the La Grande queen, wearing a western top, is holding a stuffed lamb (negative 2 of 2).

Rose Festival Queen Gloria Krieger at a rose show in Portland. She wears a crown and lace dress, as she smiles down at a small bunch of roses (negative 2 of 9).

People walk in the street on S.W. Broad in Portland, at the end of the Portland Rose Festival parade. Taken from a window and looking north, the Mayfair and Orpheum Theatres can be seen at the left side of the street (negative 11 of 29).

People stand on a sidewalk on S.W. Broadway at the end of the Portland Rose Festival parade. Litter can be seen strewn on the street, with some onlookers seated on wooden boxes (negative 15 of 29).

Parade floats at Multnomah Stadium for the Portland Rose Festival. An audience is seated in covered bleachers as flower decorated floats gather in the central field area (negative 18 of 29).

A street car float for the Portland Traction Company at the Portland Rose festival parade, at Multnomah Stadium. A man wears a conductors uniform at the front of the car, with people seated behind. Behind the float is a metal support structure (for a ski jump?) (negative 7 of 29).

People sit on a sidewalk at the end of the Portland Rose Festival parade. A child wearing overalls sits on a wooden crate amid paper strewn around the street. Automobiles are driving down the street in front of a theater marquee that reads “Hopalong Cassidy” across the front (negative 9 of 29).

The queen and king at the Junior Portland Rose Festival. They sit together in a flower decorated float, with a crown motif at the top. Another boy, wearing a “Peninsula Optimist” t-shirt helps to pull the float with a rope (negative 1 of 27).

People line a sidewalk during the 1951 Junior Portland Rose Festival parade. A boy reclines in front of a curb, using one arm to shield his face from the sun while other around him look towards the parade (negative 15 of 27).

Children on a float during the Junior Portland Rose Festival parade. Both are dressed in military costumes, with one wearing sunglasses, smoking a pipe, and saluting. The other plays a bugle (negative 7 of 27).

Princesses for the 1952 Portland Rose Festival, meeting for the first time in front of the Skidmore Fountain downtown Portland. They sit in a line at the along the edge of the fountain, facing towards the camera. Decorative building facades can be seen in the background on S.W. 1st Avenue (negative 6 of 7).

Members of the Portland Rose Festival court during a visit to the Portland Veterans’ Hospital. A nurses pushes a veteran in a wheelchair, decorated as a railroad train. A crowd of people can be seen gathered outside a brick building at the hospital. Photographs from this series were published in the Oregon Journal on Thursday, June 12, 1952 (negative 12 of 12).

Members of the Portland Rose Festival court during a visit to the Portland Veterans’ Hospital. They stand as a group in front of the building, with a set of microphones set up in front (negative 4 of 12). Photographs from this series were published in the Oregon Journal on Thursday, June 12, 1952 (negative 4 of 12).

A member of the Portland rose Festival Court (Queen Jeanne?) presenting a gift to a veteran, during a visit to the Portland Veterans’ Hospital. The man is seated in a wheelchair decorated with flowers, as a crowd is gathered outside the hospital building. Photographs from this series were published in the Oregon Journal on Thursday, June 12, 1952 (negative 6 of 12).

Parade floats at Multnomah Stadium during the 1952 Portland Rose Festival. Two women ride on a float for the “Upper Sandy Blvd Boosters.” One appears to be in a flower bathtub, while while sits in a chair while wearing a robe. An audience can be seen in the covered stands in the background (negative 18 of 38).

Parade floats at Multnomah Stadium during the 1952 Portland Rose Festival. A woman in a dress poses on Cinderella themed float for the “Portland Hollywood Boosters,” as spectators watch from the stands (negative 2 of 38).

Parade floats at Multnomah Stadium during the 1952 Portland Rose Festival. A child, wearing a clown costume, waves from the top of a float (negative 20 of 38).