Junior Rose Festival Queen Sharon Brady sits on a throne, while Prime Minister Everett Stiles Jr. stands to next to her. Brady is holding a large bouquet of roses and wearing a grown and cape, while Stiles is wearing a suit and small half-cape. A photograph from this series was published on page 1 of the Oregon Journal on Thursday, May 25, 1944 (negative 2 of 4).

Doris Michaelis operates a burning machine while being watched by Burner Foreman Walt Keffer, at Kaiser Company, Swan Island. Michaelis is leaning downward towards the machine, which appears to be setup on a piece of metal. This photograph was published on page D1 of the Oregon Journal on Sunday, June 11, 1944 (negative 6 of 6).

A dog pulls a small wagon at the Junior Rose Festival parade in Portland. The wagon and harness are decorated with flowers, and a woman kneels next to the dog smiling downward (negative 1 of 4).

Children on a float during the Junior Rose Festival parade in Portland. The sides of the float are lined with ferns, and some of the children are wearing sack costumes (negative 3 of 4).

Mrs. Ted Gamble, holding a wrapped champagne bottle, launches the S.S. Forbes Road from Kaiser Company, Swan Island. Warren Hull is holding a microphone, and Swan Island shipyard general manager A.R. Nieman stands on the left side of the frame. This photograph was published on page 8 of the Oregon Journal on Wednesday, June 21, 1944 (negative 3 of 9).

A crowd gathered to watch the launching of the S.S. Forbes Road at Kaiser Company, Swan Island. People stand along a raised fenced area, with the shipyard visible in the background. A photograph from this series was published on page 8 of the Oregon Journal on Wednesday, June 21, 1944 (negative 7 of 9).

People in a suspended metal box at Kaiser Company, Swan Island, at the launch of the S.S. Forbes Road. Other people stand at ground level and point upward towards the box. A photograph from this series was published on page 8 of the Oregon Journal on Wednesday, June 21, 1944 (negative 5 of 9).

The S.S. Forbes Road sliding down a ways into the Willamette River at Kaiser Company, Swan Island. Workers in safety hats are watching the ship, and wooden scaffolding can be seen at either side of the ways. A photograph from this series was published on page 8 of the Oregon Journal on Wednesday, June 21, 1944 (negative 9 of 9).

A dirt street through Meadow Lark Village, an independent war production housing camp in the Portland area. Small cobbled together homes can be seen on either side of the street. In the distance is a child walking away from the camera. A photograph from this series was published on page 4D of the Oregon Journal on Sunday, June 25, 1944 (negative 2 of 5).

A woman holds a puppy towards a child in front of a house at Meadow Lark Village, an independent war production housing camp in the Portland area. The pair are on a covered porch in front of a make-shift wooden house. A planter box with flowers can be seen along one side of the porch. A photograph from this series was published on page 4D of the Oregon Journal on Sunday, June 25, 1944 (negative 4 of 5).

Louise Aaron, of the Oregon Journal, swinging a bottle at the hull of the U.S.S. Battle Mountain, upon its launching from Kaiser Swan Island. A man with a microphone is standing behind Aaron. This photograph was published on the last page of the Oregon Journal on Wednesday, September 13, 1944 (negative 5 of 11).

A clipper crew, primarily made up of grandmothers, at Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation in Portland. Most of the crew members are wearing safety hats (negative 3 of 4).

Cheerleaders practicing at Lincoln High School in Portland. Several cheerleaders, wearing “Lincoln” sweaters, jump into the air (negative 4 of 4).

Cheerleaders practicing at Lincoln High School in Portland. Several cheerleaders, wearing “Lincoln” sweaters, watch two others in jeans and t-shirts, do a flip maneuver (negative 2 of 4).

Stacks of shoes and crates for Russian war relief, in a Portland warehouse (negative 1 of 4).

Firefighters at a the Crowder Shingle company at 8414 N. Vancouver Avenue in Portland. One man is spraying water at a recently burned structure with a collapsed roof. A story referencing this fire was published on page 1 of the Oregon Journal on Monday, December 11, 1944 (negative 2 of 6).

Two men look downward at a burned hole, after a fire at the Graham home at 205 S.W. Taylors Ferry Road. One man appears to be holding a flashlight and pointing it into the hole. The wooden interior of a wall and burned wallpaper can also be seen in the room (negative 7 of 8).

Firefighters at a the Crowder Shingle company at 8414 N. Vancouver Avenue in Portland. One man is spraying water at a recently burned structure with a collapsed roof. A story referencing this fire was published on page 1 of the Oregon Journal on Monday, December 11, 1944 (negative 1 of 6).

A close-up portrait of Al Monner, the photographer, likely take in Portland (negative 1 of 4).

Portland photographer Al Monner, seated at a desk in an office, most likely at the Oregon Journal. Another person is seated next to Monner, with their feet resting on a desk while reading a newspaper (negative 2 of 4).

Two employees at Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation extending their legs towards the camera, showing the bottoms of safety shoes (negative 1 of 2).

James Takeo Akamatsu, signing a document at the City License Bureau in Portland, as Joe Hutchinson watches from across a counter. Akamatsu was the first Japanese American in Portland to apply to reopen his business after returning from an incarceration camp in Hunt, Idaho. A story about Akamatsu was published on page 9 of the Oregon Journal on Tuesday, January 30, 1945 (negative 1 of 2).

Norma Lee Peck (right?) holding a stack of books next to a display reading “Books for Service Men” at the Portland Central Library. At the other side of the display are two women, one wearing a fur coat and also holding a stack of books (negative 1 of 2)

Lieutenant Anna Pardew, of United States Army Nurse Corps, seated at a table with her daughter Olivia Jane, 3. Food can be seen on the table in front of the pair. Both were evacuated from the Santo Thomas camp in the Philippines in 1945 after having been there since 1942. A photograph from this series was published on page 4 of the Oregon Journal on Monday, March 19, 1945. (negative 3 of 3).

Graffiti on a wall below a Broadway Bridge on-ramp in Portland. One inscription reads “Tex - King of Tramps, 1941” while another “Tex K.T. 1939” (negative 3 of 3).

Lieutenant Anna Pardew, of United States Army Nurse Corps, seated on a chair with her daughter Olivia Jane, 3. Pardew is holding a doll while Olivia looks at the camera. Both were evacuated from the Santo Thomas camp in the Philippines in 1945 after having been there since 1942. A photograph from this series was published on page 4 of the Oregon Journal on Monday, March 19, 1945. (negative 1 of 3).

Servicemen and United States employees stand on the deck of a ship after arriving in Portland. Many of the men are waving at the camera (negative 1 of 7).

A woman, wearing a nurses uniform, holds a tray of small milk bottles for returning servicemen in Portland (negative 6 of 7).