Flood waters surrounded the Pacific International Livestock Exposition building, near the Kenton area of Portland. The building is reflecting off the water, with “Pacific International Livestock Exposition, Horse Show, Rodeo, October 1-9 ‘48” painted across the side (negative 12 of 12).
A man riding a bucking horse at the Pacific International Livestock Exposition rodeo show in Portland. The horse is jumping in mid air, as the man holds on, with a cigarette in his mouth. People watch from the side of the arena (negative 2 of 7).
A young person poses with a calf at the Pacific International Livestock Exposition show in Portland. He has his arms around the next of the calf and is kneeling in the hay (negative 4 of 7).
A man riding a bucking horse at the Pacific International Livestock Exposition rodeo show in Portland. The horse is jumping in mid air, with the man above its back, attempting to hold a rope. People watch from the side of the arena (negative 6 of 7).
Horses and riders lined up for a harness race at the Pacific International Livestock Exposition rodeo show in Portland. Each horse has an attached sulky cart. An audience can be seen at the edge of the arena (negative 7 of 7).
A child stands in front of chain enclosure at the Pacific International Livestock Exposition show in Portland. She points towards a sculpted duck, which is wearing an apron and bonnet. Other adults and children stand behind the chain fence (negative 1 of 12).
A unidentified woman leans on a fence while holding a branding iron at the Pacific International Livestock Exposition show in Portland. She wears a denim jacket and is standing in front of western-style paintings or photographs (negative 11 of 12).
Bill Weatherspoon wrestles a calf at the Pacific International Livestock Exposition rodeo show in Portland. He has his arms around its neck and is under the calf. An audience can be seen seated in stands at the edge of the dirt arena. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, October 9, 1949 (negative 3 of 12).
A young man wrestles a calf at the Pacific International Livestock Exposition rodeo show in Portland. He has his arm over the calf and rope around its snout. An audience can be seen seated in stands at the edge of the dirt arena (negative 6 of 12).
A woman, wearing riding clothes, takes a trophy being held be a child at the Pacific International Livestock Exposition show in Portland. The woman holds the reins of a horse in another hand while looking downward at the child. An audience can be seen seated in stands at the edge of the dirt arena (negative 7 of 12).
A young man ropes a calf at the Pacific International Livestock Exposition rodeo show in Portland. The calf and the adolescent are captured mid-run, with a seated audience in the background at the edge of the arena (negative 9 of 12).
A sheep sale during the Pacific International Livestock Exposition in Portland. Several adolescents are kneeling with a line of sheep, behind a wooden fence and auctioneers. Men in suits are seated at the other side of the fence in the audience (negative 1 of 10).
An adolescent kneels down with a sheep at the Pacific International Livestock Exposition. He holds the head of the sheep, which has a “Grand Champion, 1950” ribbon on its back (negative 3 of 10).
A sheep sale during the Pacific International Livestock Exposition in Portland. Taken from the stands and looking downward, the photograph shows several auctioneers standing in an enclosure with a group of sheep. In front of the auctioneers is a seated audience, primarily of men wearing suits and hats (negative 7 of 10).
A young woman sits with a cow during the Pacific International Livestock Exposition show in Portland. She holds the head of the cow while sitting on a painted “4-H Club” crate (negative 1 of 13).
An adolescent scrubs a cow during the Pacific International Livestock Exposition show in Portland. Wearing rubber boots and a plastic jacket, he uses a brush and soap on the side of the cow (negative 13 of 13).
An adolescent naps on a hay bale during the Pacific International Livestock Exposition show in Portland. He wears a straw hat and has his armed folded across his chest. Several cattle can be seen around him (negative 2 of 13).
Two young women shearing a sheep at the Pacific International Livestock Exposition show in Portland. Each woman holds a hand shear, as one leans on a fence watching the other shear the sheep (negative 3 of 13).
A man, wearing a hat, stands next to a steer at the Pacific International Livestock Exposition show in Portland. He shaves its head with an electric clipper, while holding it with the other hand (negative 5 of 13).
People with horses at the Pacific International Livestock Exposition show in Portland. The horses are standing in a row in an arena as a seated audience watches from the sides (negative 6 of 13).
People washing cattle during the Pacific International Livestock Exposition show in Portland. The cattle are tied along a wooden wall, as young men wearing rubber boots appear to rinse them with hoses (negative 8 of 13).