A woman in a bathing suit leans downward towards the edge of a swimming pool in Sellwood Park, where a group of children are gathered. Several children are splashing in the water. In the background is a brick building (negative 2 of 4).

Photograph showing a group of children splashing at an unidentified city pool in Portland. They are facing towards and camera, and several children are holding their arms in the air (negative 1 of 26).

Photograph showing children in a pool at an unidentified Portland city park. A baby is being held by an older child, and other children can be seen splashing in the background (negative 13 of 26).

Photograph showing people swimming in a pool at Sellwood Park in Portland. At the far side of the pool is a brick building. Next to the building is a fence, behind which bicycles and people can seen (negative 17 of 26).

Photograph showing a group of children and a woman at an unidentified city park in Portland. The people are holding hands and standing in a circle. Behind the group is a net strung between two poles and trees (negative 20 of 26).

Photograph showing a group of young boys playing croquet at an unidentified city park in Portland. Several of the boys aren’t wearing shirts, while watching one boy hit a ball with a mallet. A woman is walking through the frame in the background, in front of a building (negative 23 of 26).

Photograph showing a child playing in a sandbox at an unidentified city park in Portland. Behind him is a cement ledge, where two older children can be seen sitting (negative 4 of 26).

Photograph showing a child using a swing at an unidentified city park in Portland. The swing appears in motion, and a field and trees can be seen behind her (negative 8 of 26).

Lutheran minister H.C. Coovert and his wife standing in front of a cross on Rocky Butte in Portland. It’s attached to a low stone wall, looking over east Portland towards Mount Hood. Mrs. Coovert has one hand at the base of the cross (negative 1 of 2).

A child watches an unidentified sculptor work with clay during an artist fair in the downtown Portland South Park blocks. The man wears a hat and artist smock, while another clay bust can be seen on a table at the right side of the frame. Photographs from this series were published in the Oregon Journal on July 22, 1951 (negative 9 of 14).

Three people stand in a picnic area located off of SW Fairview Street at the Hoyt Arboretum in Washington Park in Portland, Oregon. They are likely members of the Hoyt Arboretum Advisory Committee. Picnic tables are scattered around large trees. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on September 15, 1957 (negative 2 of 13).

A bagpiper, “Dr. Holt” standing with a police officer at Mill Ends Park in Portland. Holt plays a set of bagpipes as the police office holds his left arm in the air. A small fenced area of plants can be seen in the middle of traffic lanes on S.W. Naito Parkway (negative 1 of 2).

An aerial view of the St. Johns Bridge, looking west towards Forest Park and N.W. St. Helens Road. Industrial facilities can be seen below the bridge (negative 4 of 4).

An aerial view, looking southeast, showing Mt. Tabor in Portland, and the surrounding neighborhoods. A rounded reservoir is on a hillside, with a large rectangle one visible below. Tree-covered Kelly Butte can be seen in the distance. Photographed with a K-25 camera (negative 9 of 14).

Three unidentified women, gathered at a Portland city park during hot weather. All wearing bathing suits, the woman in the middle is playing a ukulele with the others watch. A pool can be seen in the background (negative 5 of 10).

Children and adolescents lay on the ground near a swimming pool in Sellwood Park. People can be seen standing behind a metal fence, outside of the pool area (negative 4 of 4).

People planting roses at Portland’s Washington Park. A man leaning downward with a shovel is most likely Fred Edmunds, curator of the Rose Test Gardens. Another man kneels in front of Edmunds, holding a rose plant, while another man and woman watch from the side. Bunches of rose plants, tied together with string, lay on the ground next to a bed. A photograph from this series was published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, February 22, 1953 (negative 2 of 5).

People watch sculptor Ivan Hauser form a pot on a spinning wheel at an artist fair in the downtown Portland South Park blocks. A boy stands in front of Hauser, seemingly transfixed by the spinning wheel. An altered version of this photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on July 22, 1951 (negative 1 of 14).

People looking at a painting during an artist fair in the downtown Portland South Park blocks. Several paintings have been affixed to wooden supports, set up under the trees in the park. Photographs from this series were published in the Oregon Journal on July 22, 1951 (negative 5 of 14).

An unidentified painter kneels in front of a mural at an artist fair in the downtown Portland South Park blocks. The man and the painting are on a small raised wooden stage, while a group of people watch from the ground. Photographs from this series were published in the Oregon Journal on July 22, 1951 (negative 7 of 14).

Workers laying new 56-inch pipe at Mount Tabor Park in Portland. A crane can be seen next to a long trench, holding a length of pipe. A man stands on the pipe, which can be seen extending uphill (negative 3 of 8).