Majorettes from a drill team from Victoria, British Columbia, wearing matching uniforms and marching in a Portland Rose Festival parade in Portland. This photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, June 13, 1948 (negative 3 of 22).

Photograph showing a women’s drill team in uniform, likely near the corner of SW Broadway and SW Yamhill Street. Each woman has a ribbon pinned to their uniform. Behind the group is a large sign for “Model Drugs,” and a sign for “Hotel Gordon” can be seen in the distance (negative 1 of 2).

The Victoria Girls Drill Corps, from Victoria, British Columbia, performing at the Portland Rose Festival parade. A woman at the front holds a banner, with a marching band in matching costumes standing behind (negative 34 of 39).

Majorettes from the Gilbert Twirlers during the 1953 Junior Rose Festival in Portland. Three majorettes stand at the front of the group holding a banner, while the others stand in a group behind, wearing uniforms and carrying batons. Photographs from this series were published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, June 14, 1953 (negative 10 of 10).

Majorettes, holding batons and wearing uniforms, at the Portland Rose Festival parade. People can be seen carrying drums in the background, with spectators at the side of the street (negative 20 of 22).