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).
A helicopter owned by the Oregon Journal, hovering of the Journal building in Portland (Public Market building). A woman can be seen smiling in a window of the helicopter (negative 1 of 1).
An elk convention parade in downtown Portland. People stand on either side of a street as cars drive down the middle of the street, which is covered in litter. Pioneer Courthouse can be seen on the left side of the frame, at S.W. 6th Avenue and S.W. Yamhill Street (negative 5 of 23).
A parade float, decorated with plant, trees, and an elk, for an Elks convention parade in Portland. Signs on the float read “Welcome Brothers” and “B.P.O.E” with chapters listed for McMinnville, Oregon City, Portland, and Tillamook (negative 6 of 23).
Police Jesse Thomas (left) and Mike Elliott stand next to the remains of an exploded gasoline truck at Beall Pipe & Tank Corporation at 1945 N. Columbia Boulevard. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Friday August 15, 1947 (negative 1 of 3).
Softball players for the Lind and Pomeroy team leave on a United Airlines plane for a Hawaii tournament. A man stands next to the team holding baseball bats towards the group (negative 2 of 4).
A uniformed police officer stands outside a small cabin at a homeless encampment near Portland. A man smoking a cigarette stands in the doorway (negative 4 of 5).
Nancy Merki (left) and Suzanne Zimmerman stand in the doorway of an airplane with Mrs. James J. Richardson, shortly after returning to Portland from Hawaii for a swimming competition. They wear leis and hold bags. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, September 7, 1947 (negative 2 of 3).
An Oregon Ducks cheerleader, Shirley McCarton, jumps into the air holding pom-poms, during a game against the University of Texas at Multnomah Stadium in Portland. People can be seen in the stands behind McCarton. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, September 28, 1947 (negative 1 of 18).
The exterior of homes owned by Robert S. Farrell (left, 1131 S.W. King Avenue), and John Hall (right, 1115 S.W. King Avenue), in Portland (negative 3 of 3). See also: negative 1304_1
A man holds a persimmon, grown by Clarence W. Kalk at 3946 N.E 35th Place in Portland. The man holds the persimmon in his open mouth. Possibly Clarence Kalk? (negative 6 of 7).
The Oregon Journal helicopter, being held by Mark Smothers, on top of the Oregon Journal building. Other downtown Portland buildings can be seen in the distance (negative 1 of 1).
Sam Hays, shop superintendent at Silver Eagle Company in Portland, points at an exhaust pipe on the side of a truck, newly invented to reduce truck noise. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Friday, December 5, 1947 (negative 1 of 1).
People sorting mail at the main Post Office in Portland, during a Christmas rush. Stacks of mail are being sorted into boxes by people seated along a wall (negative 3 of 4).
A kitten, with mustache-like markings on its face, on a table with playing cards. Most likely taken in Portland (negative 1 of 3). Original sleeve title: “Kitten Like Hitler”
House boats on the Willamette River at the Holgate moorage, during a flooding event. Boats for the Portland Harbor Patrol are being used to block house boats from floating logs, while a woman watches from a porch (negative 4 of 10).
A library patron sits in front of a microfilm reader at the Central Library in Portland. A open newspaper in front of him, while a librarian stands next to the reader, adjusting a knob (negative 2 of 10).
Two women at the Central Library in Portland, standing in front of a shelf most likely holding boxes of audio records. One woman is holding a record and looking at the camera, while the second has her hand on a box on the shelf. A record player appears to be on a desk (negative 3 of 10).
A stairway and hall at the Central Library in Portland. A man is walking up the stairs, towards the camera, while several people can be seen further below next to a desk with seated librarians (negative 4 of 10).
Robbery suspect Johnny Ramay, being treated by Dr. Ward A. Anderson and Asenath Evans, after he was injured fleeing from the Irving Street pharmacy (638 N.W. 23rd Avenue) in Portland. Ramay and another suspect, William Benson, were arrested for holding up the pharmacy and taping up pharmacist Milton Olshen. A similar photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Monday, February 16, 1948 (negative 3 of 5).
A fire at Sunnyside Methodist Church at S.E. 35th Avenue and S.E. Yamhill Street in Portland. Flames and smoke are leaping from the building, and people and vehicles can be seen gathered around at street level. Photographs from this series were published in the Oregon Journal on Thursday, February 19, 1948 (negative 5 of 9).
An injured fire fighter on a gurney, after he was overcome by smoke during a fire at the Sunnyside Methodist Church at S.E. 35th Avenue and S.E. Yamhill Street in Portland. The man is receiving oxygen and is surrounded by other people, who are standing next to a Portland Fire Department vehicle. Photographs from this series were published in the Oregon Journal on Thursday, February 19, 1948 (negative 6 of 9).
An injured fire fighter being carried from the scene of a fire at the Sunnyside Methodist Church at S.E. 35th Avenue and S.E. Yamhill Street in Portland. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Thursday, February 19, 1948 (negative 8 of 9).
Actress Jane Powell (Suzanne Burce, from Portland), with Larry Hilaire (right) and Mayor Earl Riley, upon her return to Portland from Hollywood to sing with the Portland Symphony Orchestra (negative 2 of 3).
Allan Delay, an photographer for the Oregonian, laying on a the cement and taking a photograph of people holding flowers (newlyweds?). The people are standing in front of an airplane (negative 2 of 2).
Tommy Luke (Chairman, left) and Clarence Rowland (President, Pacific Coast League), eating hot dogs at a Baseball Booster Club gathering in Portland (negative 1 of 2).
