Parade floats at Multnomah Stadium for the Portland Rose Festival. An audience is seated in covered bleachers as flower decorated floats gather in the central field area (negative 18 of 29).
A street car float for the Portland Traction Company at the Portland Rose festival parade, at Multnomah Stadium. A man wears a conductors uniform at the front of the car, with people seated behind. Behind the float is a metal support structure (for a ski jump?) (negative 7 of 29).
People sit on a sidewalk at the end of the Portland Rose Festival parade. A child wearing overalls sits on a wooden crate amid paper strewn around the street. Automobiles are driving down the street in front of a theater marquee that reads “Hopalong Cassidy” across the front (negative 9 of 29).
The queen and king at the Junior Portland Rose Festival. They sit together in a flower decorated float, with a crown motif at the top. Another boy, wearing a “Peninsula Optimist” t-shirt helps to pull the float with a rope (negative 1 of 27).
People line a sidewalk during the 1951 Junior Portland Rose Festival parade. A boy reclines in front of a curb, using one arm to shield his face from the sun while other around him look towards the parade (negative 15 of 27).
Children on a float during the Junior Portland Rose Festival parade. Both are dressed in military costumes, with one wearing sunglasses, smoking a pipe, and saluting. The other plays a bugle (negative 7 of 27).
Adolescents ride bikes in the water at the Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River, on the occasion of the opening of a new irrigation system. The riders are in the water, as a seated woman watches. Basalt cliffs are in the distance. Photographs from this series were published in the Oregon Journal on Friday, June 15, 1951 (negative 29 of 37).
An unidentified man speaks at a Grand Coulee Dam dedication ceremony, celebrating the opening of new irrigation pumps. He wears a suit and stands behind a podium and microphone. An empty reservoir can be seen in front of the speaker. Photographs from this series were published in the Oregon Journal on Friday, June 15, 1951 (negative 9 of 37).
Portland doctor George H. Buck, speaking on a telephone while seated in an office. Dr. Buck was arrested on manslaughter during a police raid, after providing abortion services. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Friday, July 6, 1951 (negative 2 of 4).
Portland doctor Ruth Barnett, seated at a table and holding a purse. She has one arm resting on the table. Dr. Barnett was arrested on manslaughter during a police raid, after providing abortion services. Photographs from this series were published in the Oregon Journal on Friday, July 6, 1951 (negative 1 of 6).
A fish elevator caretaker at the McNary Dam uses a net to capture blueback salmon at the McNary Dam on the Columbia River. He stands in front of a pot lined with metal mesh, while holding two fish in a net. Engineers at the dam were attempting to trap and save blueback salmon to strengthen the 1951 run. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, July 15, 1951 (negative 16 of 26).
People watch sculptor Ivan Hauser form a pot on a spinning wheel at an artist fair in the downtown Portland South Park blocks. A boy stands in front of Hauser, seemingly transfixed by the spinning wheel. An altered version of this photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on July 22, 1951 (negative 1 of 14).
People looking at a painting during an artist fair in the downtown Portland South Park blocks. Several paintings have been affixed to wooden supports, set up under the trees in the park. Photographs from this series were published in the Oregon Journal on July 22, 1951 (negative 5 of 14).
An unidentified painter kneels in front of a mural at an artist fair in the downtown Portland South Park blocks. The man and the painting are on a small raised wooden stage, while a group of people watch from the ground. Photographs from this series were published in the Oregon Journal on July 22, 1951 (negative 7 of 14).
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).
A photograph, taken from a high vantage point, showing apartment buildings and Multnomah Stadium in west Portland. Several tall apartment buildings can be seen up slope from the stadium, one of which appears to be recently constructed (negative 1 of 1).
Players from Oregon State College (later Oregon State University) and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) on a field, most likely Multnomah Stadium in Portland. One player holds the ball while falling over two opposing players (negative 1 of 9).
A portrait of famed famed beauty, Claudia Windsor, in her King Tower apartment in Portland. She sits in front of a typewriter while wearing a floral outfit and holding a letter in one hand. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, December 9, 1951 (negative 2 of 10).
Members of the Portland Lavender club at the home of Nellie Boguslaski, at 7229 S.E. Harold Street. The women are gathered around a table and smiling towards the camera. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, December 16, 1951 (negative 1 of 10).
An unidentified woman stands next to a blooming Agave Attenuata at the garden of William Bjorkman, likely at 333 SE 82nd Avenue. A large bloom can be seen at the top of the tall plant, growing in a greenhouse (negative 1 of 5). See also: negative 237-2 (1940?).