Children carving pumpkins at the home of Paul Keller at 3420 S.W. Seymour Street in Portland. An older boy holds a pumpkin while using a carving knife, as several younger children watch. The boy at the left is wearing a sailor’s hat. A photograph from this series was published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, October 26, 1952 (negative 3 of 10).

Two Portland children carving pumpkins at a table. One is using a spoon to remove seeds from the pumpkin, while another holds hers with both hands while looking downward (negative 1 of 8).

A group of Portland children carving pumpkins at a set of low tables. Several women are leaning over the tables to assist. The tables appear to be in a daycare or classroom facility, with toys arranged on shelving (negative 7 of 8).

Two people peer out of a large pumpkin during the 1953 Portland Rose Festival parade. The two young women smile from the eyes of the pumpkin, which appears to be rolling down a rain soaked street (negative 1 of 8).

A photograph of four children wearing halloween costumes. One child holds a plastic jack-o-lantern pail and two other children hold shopping bags with a logo for the Meier & Frank Department Store.

Oregon Journal secretary Kay Fralick points at a large carved pumpkin with a glowing face. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Monday, October 31, 1949 (negative 1 of 1).