Kate Aiken Minto on her 90th birthday receiving bouquet of roses from President Milton Rice of Rose Festival Association for her part in starting Portland's Rose Festival. She is seated in a wicker chair beside a bookshelf with a large bouquet of roses in her lap (negative 2 of 4).

Three students at the Hosford School for the Hard of Hearing holding a white rabbit. The students are seated at a desk and two of them are wearing large headphones. A note on a bulletin board reads, "April 8, Thumper will go away to the farm today. Good-by [sic] Thumper." (negative 1 of 10).

A student at the Hosford School for the Hard of Hearing stands with one hand on his cheek and the other hand on the face of a woman. He is demonstrating the Tadoma method used by deafblind individuals to communicate by feeling the movement of lips and the vibration of vocal chords (negative 2 of 10).

Three students at the Hosford School for the Hard of Hearing seated in a semi-circle around a teacher, possibly Madeline Dutton. The teacher is holding up cards and each of the students is wearing headphones (negative 5 of 10).

Four students from the Tucker-Maxon School for the Hard of Hearing seated on a grass lawn around a wicker basket full of eggs. Another photograph from this series was published in the Oregon Journal on April 9, 1955 with the caption, "Admiring loot at conclusion of festive Easter egg hunt at Tucker-Maxon Oral school Friday were these four enthusiastic pupils. From left: Sandra Mohn, boarder student from Seattle; Waldo Baldridge, Colleen Glenn, Kathy Craton." (negative 2 of 13).

Mattie Harrell, a teacher at the Tucker-Maxon School for the Hard of Hearing is seated in the center of a semicircle of desks. Four students wearing headphones are seated at the desks. Harrell holds up a card for the students. Each of the desks has a microphone connected to voice amplifiers (negative 3 of 13).

Crowds of baseball fans seated in a stadium while heavy rain falls onto the field at Vaughn Street Park during a weather delay in the 1955 season opening game for the Portland Beavers (negative 2 of 9).

Wayne (Wey Him) Fong and Sherry Fong seated with their attorney, Irvin Goodman, in a courtroom during their trial for the murder of Diane Hanks.

The remnants of a vehicle in the parking lot of the Columbia-Edgewater Golf Club following the detonation of a car bomb that killed Portland attorney Oliver K. (Kermit) Smith. Deputy sheriff Henry Moore stands to the left of the damaged vehicle (negative 4 of 14).

A small group of people gathered around a wrecked car at the intersection of Interstate Ave. and Portland Blvd. following an accident. A fire truck is parked behind the damaged vehicle (negative 1 of 6).

The remnants of a vehicle in the parking lot of the Columbia-Edgewater Golf Club following the detonation of a car bomb that killed Portland attorney Oliver K. (Kermit) Smith (negative 2 of 14).

A man wearing a suit and jacket holds up a stick of TNT following the car bombing that killed Portland attorney Oliver K. (Kermit) Smith (negative 9 of 14).

Sherry Fong on the witness stand during the trial for her accused role in the murder of Diane Hanks (negative 1 of 4).

Drydocked troop ship, USS General W.A. Mann

Still-life photograph of dogwood blossoms in a square vase at the home of Mrs. J. M. Cochran (negative 2 of 4).

An unidentified person placing a tiara on the head of Leah Bartender, the 1955 Grant High School Rose Festival Princess (negative 6 of 10).

Students from Grant High School sit around a gazebo during the coronation of the Grant High School 1955 Rose Princess, Leah Bartender. All of the women wear formal dresses and hold a bouquet of roses. Bartender is seated in the center of the group wearing a tiara (negative 7 of 10).

Nine members of the 1955 Rose Court gathered around the open door of a car as they prepare to leave for a trip to the beach (negative 1 of 2).

Members of the 1955 Rose Festival Court waving at spectators from a float during the Rose Parade (negative 1 of 11).

Two bear cubs at the Portland Zoo (later the Oregon Zoo). The cubs are seated by a door at the top of a concrete ramp (negative 5 of 5).

Carole Christal tying a white scarf on the neck of Roger Christal who is preparing to participate in the 1955 Junior Rose Festival Parade. Roger Christal wears a satin sailor suit and stands beside his bicycle which is decorated with streamers and fabric roses (negative 1 of 3).

Koki seated in a grass lawn. Koki was a dog who flew with navy bombers in the South Pacific during WWII (negative 1 of 4).

Three young women laying in a grass lawn beside rose bushes. They are identified as Judy Gahlsdorf, Diane Gahlsdorf, and Susan Reber.

Two unidentified majorettes marching in advance of a marching band during the 1955 Rose Parade (negative 10 of 11).

Nancy Wyly, the 1955 Rose Festival Queen, seated atop a crown-shaped float during the Rose Parade. She wears a crown, tulle dress, and long robe and is holding a scepter in her hand as she waves at spectators in open windows of a building in downtown Portland, Oregon (negative 7 of 11).

Montie Montana, Grand Marshall of the 1955 Rose Parade, riding a horse and holding a lasso that he has used to rope a child from the crowd (negative 8 of 11).

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 unidentified men standing in the livingroom of a house filled with debris and garbage. The first man, wearing a uniform stands in the middle of the room. The second man, wearing overalls is seated at a dining table facing away from the camera. Newspapers, empty bottles, jars, and cigarette cartons cover the floor and table (negative 1 of 6).