A woman in a dress stands next to a table in a banquet hall. She looks down at a child sitting on her mother's lap. The child looks back at her. The woman is likely a model in the Lipman Wolfe style show. In the background are additional guests seated at tables. The caption on negative sleeve reads, "Lipman Wolfe style show" (negative 5 of 6).
Three children and an adult build a parade float for the Junior Rose Festival Parade on the front porch of a house in Portland, Oregon. The float consists of a small sailboat mounted on a wagon. The boat has the word "Burradak" written on the side. The children attach flowers to the boat. The caption on the negative sleeve reads, "Building float for Junior Rose Festival parade, Mrs. J.B. Grodard and children, 2114 N.E. 55th - Don (10), Joanne (6), and Janet (8)" (negative 1 of 2).
Sharon Bilyeu and Theresa Fitzgerald seated in front of a fireplace with leprechaun dolls. They both wear party hats with shamrocks attached to the front (negative 1 of 4).
Four children stand side-by-side and smile behind a table in the social room of the Holy Rosary Church in Portland, Oregon. There are cakes, flowers, and a bowl of fruit punch on the table. They are the Tigner quadruplets, and they are celebrating their 12th birthday. Pictured left to right are Dee Jerry Tigner, Carole Tigner, Beatrice Tigner and August Tigner. Dee Jerry and August wear matching suits and Carole and Beatrice wear matching dresses. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on August 23, 1958 (negative 1 of 2).
Four children dressed in costumes stand next to a lamb at a luncheon hosted by the Women's Auxiliary of the National Wool Growers Association in Portland, Oregon. A boy pets the lamb while a girl holds the animal by a leash. Pictured are Dave Ecklund (dressed as Boy Blue and petting the lamb), Jamie Kohlhoff, Libby Bishop and Jan Ecklund (dressed as Bo Peep on the right). This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on January 29, 1959 (negative 1 of 7).
Tsuboi family home movie, featuring footage of the Tsuboi family, Mount Hood, PDX airport, Columbia River Gorge, the Tenyo Maru No. 3 ship, and a family visit to a farm. Footage is in color. 00:00 - Scenes of Mount Hood. Tsuboi family at Mount Hood. Timberline Lodge parking lot, filled with cars. 01:36 - Scenes of the Tsuboi family near a lake or river. Children playing games. 02:46 - Tsuboi family at PDX airport. Passengers board a United Mainliner 300 plane. 03:43 - Scenes of the Columbia River Gorge, taken at Multnomah Falls and Crown Point. 05:16 - Families and children playing games. Tsuboi family on swingsets. 06:38 - Scenes of the Tenyo Maru No. 3 ship, docked on the Willamette River in Portland. Tsuboi family aboard ship. Sailor with Japanese flag. 07:36 - Farm Scenes
Compilation of several short reels of Tsuboi family home movies, featuring footage of the Tsuboi family, the Rose Festival parade, laborers working in hops fields, and more. Footage is in black-and-white and color. 00:00 - Scenes of the Tsuboi family children playing on the beach at the Oregon coast in the early 1950s 02:00 - Scenes of the Tsuboi family in the early 1950s 04:00 - Scenes of the Rose Festival parade, possibly in 1956. 06:00 - Demolition of a building in downtown Portland 07:58 - Scenes of the Tsuboi family in the early 1950s. Children playing, family visits a cemetery, family at the Oregon coast. Scenes from a child's birthday party. 12:00 - Scenes from the 1956 Rose Festival parade, including footage of Jimmy Dodd, Bob Amsberry, and several original Mouseketeers from the Mickey Mouse Club. Several Disney-themed floats. 16:00 - Scenes of the Tsuboi family and a visit to the eastern side of the Columbia River Gorge in the early 1950s. Children playing on the beach on the Oregon coast. 18:00 - Scenes of the Rose Festival parade in the 1950s, including footage of a Japanese Boy Scout float 21:50 - Scenes of the Tsuboi family in the early 1950s. Children playing in the water at the Oregon coast. 23:54 - Scattered buildings at the Minidoka Relocation Center. The Minidoka Relocation Center was one of ten American concentration camps to which Japanese and Japanese Americans were forcibly removed and incarcerated. Followed by a brief shot inside of a busy store, possibly the Tsuboi Brothers Store. 24:19 - Portland Rose Garden. The footage is overexposed. 28:41 - Scenes of laborers in a hops field in the 1930s. Scenes of the farm laborers' camp. Horses on a farm.
A man, woman and 3 children pose for a portrait in front of a building, likely a house or a boarding house. The man holds a toddler on his lap while the woman holds a baby on her lap. The 3rd child stands between them. They all look at the camera. Beneath their feet is a wooden plank that forms a walkway in the dirt.
Two children ride tricycles. They are in the daycare center of the Canby Day School, an adult education program run by the Valley Migrant League and the Canby School District in Canby, Oregon. Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) help run the center. Photographs from this series were published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on March 11, 1966.
A little boy turns in his seat and looks at the camera while eating a cookie. Other children at the table in the background also eat cookies. They are in the daycare center of the Canby Day School, an adult education program run by the Valley Migrant League and the Canby School District in Canby, Oregon. Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) help run the center. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on March 11, 1966.
Farmer M. C. Helms stands in front of an automobile at the Helms and Williams farm outside West Stayton, Oregon. An unidentified boy leans out of the driver's side of the automobile. Photographs from this series were published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on October 22, 1965.
Children and teens play games in a new youth recreation center organized by the Woodburn Police Department in Woodburn, Oregon. The man on the right is likely Police Chief Robert J. Prinslow. This image was published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on June 10, 1966.
A police officer holds a can of Folgers coffee as he stands behind the front desk of a new youth recreation center organized by the Woodburn Police Department in Woodburn, Oregon. A woman working next to him helps a boy at the counter. Photographs from this series were published in the Valley Migrant League's Opportunity News on June 10, 1966.
Adolescents at a doll show at a clubhouse in Laurelhurst Park. Three girls stand in front of a table laden with dolls, as one points downward at a doll. Other girl can be seen looking at tables in the background (negative 1 of 4).
A man shows two children a hand puppet during an exhibit at the Portland Art Museum in Portland. The man is seated and holding the horned doll towards two girls, one is which is holding two dolls (negative 1 of 12).
A large hatch of tent caterpillars at the home of Grace Hexon, at route No. 2, box 409, Portland. Hexon's daughter M'Liss looks at a caterpillar covered swing, as she reaches her left arm towards it. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Wednesday, May 19, 1954 (negative 3 of 12).
Two indigenous American children sit on top of a fence, looking downwards toward an older woman, who holds a bouquet of flowers. The children are wearing dancing regalia, as another young woman, in western wear, smiles (negative 7 of 18).
Rosie, an elephant at the Portland Zoo (later the Oregon Zoo) reaching her trunk through a fence to accept a treat being offered by a group of children from the Fruit and Flower Day Nursery (negative 4 of 6).
Two of the surviving apple trees from the original Luelling orchard planted in 1847. In 1955 only 26 of the original 500 trees still produced fruit. Three toddler-aged grandchildren of current property owner, Louise Lavaghetto, stand at the base of the trees (negative 2 of 8).
Candice Everts, age 5, stands on the back of her tricycle to reach the opening of a post office box. She is in the process of mailing a Christmas letter to Santa Clause (negative 1 of 4).
Two boys stand in a kitchen at Chemawa Indian School. They are wearing white shirts and aprons and eating muffins. Some photographs from this series were printed in the February 12, 1956 issue of the Oregon Journal under the headline "Training Navajo Youngsters for Northwest Living is Main Project at Chemawa" (negative 1 of 14).
Robert Nelle, 7, who was struck by interurban streetcar on the Johnson Creek, severing two fingers and incurring other lesser injuries. An image in this set was published on the front page of the July 3, 1956 issue of the Oregon Journal under the headline "Trolley Hit Boy Saves Own Life" (negative 1 of 2).
A baby lion cub sits in the lap of a boy who holds a bottle up to its mouth. The boy is Gary Scott, the 10-year-old son of William R. Scott, zoo keeper. The lion cub is 3-days-old and its eyes are closed. This photograph was taken at 207 NE 191st Avenue (negative 2 of 5).