Photograph showing covered wagons pulled by oxen and horses traveling in a pageant in Meacham, Oregon on July 3, 1923. The pageant, attended by President Warren G. Harding and First Lady Florence Harding, was part of events commemorating the anniversary of the first wagon train crossing of the Blue Mountains. The pageant depicted people and events in the history of whites’ arrival and settlement in Oregon. The Oregon Journal published a story about the commemoration and the Hardings’ Meacham visit, headlined “President Dedicates Oregon Trail in Midst of Colorful Setting,” on the front page of the July 3, 1923 edition. See related image Nos. 371N1048, 371N1049, 371N1052, 371N1053, 371N1054, 371N1055, 371N1056, 371N1058, 371N1059, and 373G0073. Also see image Nos. 371N1048, 371N1050, 371N1051, 371N1057, and 371N1172 from Harding’s subsequent stop in Portland. Image note: Photograph shows discoloration due to deterioration of the negative.

People walk down a street pushing or pulling hand carts during the Pendleton Round-Up, most likely for a parade. Several of the women are wearing bonnets and western dresses (negative 5 of 24).

People at an arena during the Pendleton Round-Up. Several indigenous Americans stand at the edge of the arena, as a line of covered wagons pass by. Spectators can be seen in bleachers in the distance. Photographs from this series were published in the Oregon Journal on Friday, September 12, 1952 (negative 4 of 18).

A parade for the 1952 Pendleton Round-Up, proceeding down South Main Street. Steers are pulling covered wagons, followed by majorettes in the distance. Spectators can be seen at either side of the street, over which several flags, and a “Lees Rider” advertisement hang. On the right side of the street is the Temple Hotel (negative 3 of 12).

A man, wearing a fur hat, stands in front of a wagon train during the 1952 Pendleton Round-Up parade. He holds a rope in each hand, attached to rings in the noses two steers. Another man can be seen sitting the seat of the wagon (negative 6 of 12).