A group of young women, serving at 1941 Rose Festival princesses, walk in a line down a set of stairs. They are all wearing dresses, and have their arms looped around the waist of the woman next to them (negative 8 of 8).

Photograph showing Rose Festival Queen, Betty Jane, with an unidentified La Grande queen. Betty Jane is holding what appears to be a metal scepter, while the La Grande queen, wearing a western top, is holding a stuffed lamb (negative 2 of 2).

Photograph showing a rose show at the 1941 Rose Festival, at civic auditorium. A man is leaning on a table, which is holding rose-filled vases. Above the table is a sign attached to the wall, reading “Portland Postal Employees National Air Mail Rose Show” (negative 10 of 11).

Photograph showing a rose show at the 1941 Rose Festival, at civic auditorium. Two young women face one another and stand next to a table holding vases of roses (negative 11 of 11).

Photograph showing a rose show at the 1941 Rose Festival, at civic auditorium. Roses in vases are arranged on a table, behind which men and women are standing (negative 4 of 11).

Photograph showing members of the Portland Rose Festival court visiting soldiers at Veterans Hospital in Portland. At the center of the group is Rose Festival Queen Shirley Louise Flowler, wearing a crown and holding a baton. Two men wearing hospital robes and seated in wheelchairs are in front of the group, while other men in hospital robes stand with the women. A brick building can be seen in the background (negative 1 of 5).

Photograph showing members of the Portland Rose Festival court visiting soldiers at Veterans’ Hospital in Portland. Rose Festival Shirley Louise Flowler is standing next to a smiling man, who is seated in a wheelchair and wearing a hospital robe. Another man can be seen in the background, seated on a bed and wearing a leg cast (negative 3 of 5).

Photograph showing Portland Rose Festival Queen Shirley Louise Flowler, standing on a balcony at Veterans’ Hospital in Portland. Beyond the balcony, an United States flag hangs on a pole. Flowler is holding a metal baton and looking out over the balcony, where hills can be seen in the distance (negative 5 of 5).

People on a stage at the dedication of the new Victory Center in Pioneer Courthouse Square. Rose Festival Queen Shirley Howard is seated on a throne, next to other members of the 1943 Rose Festival Court (negative 4 of 5).

Rose Festival Queen Shirley Howard, seated at a table with Chief Steward Joseph Thompson, most likely in Portland. Howard is holding a dried posyin one hand and looking towards Thompson, who brought the dried flower on a Liberty ship trip to the South Pacific. This photograph was published on page 9 of the Oregon Journal on Tuesday, February 15, 1944 (negative 1 of 2).

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).

Junior Rose Festival Queen Sharon Brady and Prime Minister Everett Stiles Jr. pose with the Rose Festival junior court on a decorative set with fake rocks and bouquets of flowers. A photograph from this series was published on page 1 of the Oregon Journal on Thursday, May 25, 1944 (negative 3 of 4).

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).

A Saturnia rose, photographed at a show during the Portland Rose festival, grown by Mrs. Nat Schoen of Vancouver. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, June 16, 1946 (negative 1 of 9).

A rose, photographed at a rose show during the Portland Rose festival (negative 4 of 9).

The Portland Rose Festival Nicholson Bowl, holding a bouquet of roses during a flower show (negative 6 of 9).

A Portland Rose Festival float for Meadow-Land Dairy, at Mulnomah Stadium in Portland. A cart, decorated with roses and a milk bottle, is being pulled by six horses, which are standing next to people wearing “Meadow-Land Dairy” uniforms. The ivy-covered clubhouse for the Multnomah Athletic Club can be seen in the background (negative 18 of 27).

A view of the Portland Rose Festival parade, in downtown Portland, likely taken near S.W. 6th Avenue and S.W. Yamhill Street. A military band can be seen marching down the street, between crowds, in front of a float for “Navy Pioneer Electronics.” The central bus depot can be seen on the left side of the street, as well a small portion of the Pioneer Courthouse building (negative 1 of 26).

A crowd gathered near the corner of S.W. 6th Avenue and S.W. Yamhill Street in Portland, during the Rose Festival parade. The Pioneer Courthouse building can be seen on the right side of the street (negative 2 of 26).

A crowd is gathered to watch marchers during the Portland Rose festival parade in Portland. A woman, wearing a costume and holding a baton, walks in front of what appears to be a military band (negative 5 of 26).

Three people ride on the back of an automobile during the Portland Rose Festival parade. A man, wearing a crown, sits between two young women holding bouquets of Roses (Queen Lloyde on his left?) (negative 6 of 26).

A crowd gathered in downtown Portland, to watch the Rose Festival parade. Several children are seated on the ground in front of standing adults (negative 9 of 26).

An aerial view of the Rose Festival parade in Portland. People and floats can be seen in the middle of a street, which is lined on both sides by a crowd. The Willamette River and the Burnside Bridge can be seen in the distance. Most likely taken near N.E. 12th Avenue and N.E. Lloyd Street (negative 1 of 10).

An aerial view of the Rose Festival parade in Portland. People and floats can be seen in the middle of a street, which is lined on both sides by a crowd (negative 3 of 10).

Portland Rose Festival queen Georgene, wearing a dress and tiara, places a footprint on wet cement. Members of the festival court stand around her. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Friday, June 13, 1947 (negative 1 of 7).

The 1947 Rose Festival court stands at the top of a set of stairs at Lambert Gardens in Portland. At the center of the group is Rose Festival queen Georgene, wearing a crown and holding a scepter. A photograph from this series was published in the Oregon Journal on Friday, June 13, 1947 (negative 2 of 7).

A group of women, most likely the 1947 Rose Festival court, stands next a Goodyear blimp in Portland. A woman at the center of the group holds a scepter and shakes hands with a man in the blimp window (negative 1 of 13).