A Portland Rose Festival parade float in the shape of an eagle and American flag. “America” and “Pasadena” are written on the sides of the float using flowers. A young man in the hat is riding next to the flag (negative 1 of 13).

Two women, in what appear to be wedding gowns, sit atop of Portland Rose Festival float in the shape of a cake. A peacock made of flowers can be seen behind them (11 of 13).

People in hats sit on a Portland Rose Festival parade float. A large diamond made from flowers can be seen on the float, which is in the shape of a shoe. Behind the float is a street sign for “S.W. Salmon St.” and another float with “Sears” written on it (negative 5 of 13).

Two women wearing furs sit atop of Rose Festival parade float for Sears. Other floats and people can be seen in the background (negative 6 of 13).

Young women wearing kimonos on top of a Rose Festival parade float in the shape of an American flag and globe. The women are waving flags and doves can be seen over the globe (negative 9 of 13).

Anne Louise Pond, Rose Festival princess for Grant High School. She is photographed in a chemistry lab, wearing an apron and holding flasks. She is looking downward and pouring liquid from one vessel into another (negative 2 of 2).

Doris Farrar, Rose Festival princess for Girls Polytechnic High School. She is seated on a couch with fashion drawings and a large book. A pencil can be seen in one hand, which is she using to draw. Another book with a fashion drawing is on the ground next to her foot (negative 1 of 3).

Doris Farrar, Rose Festival princess for Girls Polytechnic High School. She is seated on a couch and smiling towards the camera. An open magazine is on her lap, showing fashion photographs (negative 2 of 3).

Doris Farrar, Rose Festival princess for Girls Polytechnic High School. She is standing in front of a window, looking downwards at a three roses (negative 3 of 3).

Emma Verdurmen, Rose Festival princess for Lincoln High School. She is seated and holding a wrapped baby while smiling. A covered bassinet can be seen behind her (negative 1 of 4).

Janet Straube, Rose Festival princess for Washington High School. She is seated at a table and holding a glass jar, next to a microscope and other glass jars (negative 1 of 4).

Janet Straube, Rose Festival princess for Washington High School. She is seated at a table and holding a microscope. On the table is a glass jar holding two starfish, flasks, and a model of an ear (negative 2 of 4).

Princess Jean McMillian, Rose Festival princess for Jane Addams High School. She is standing on a tennis court holding a racket in her raised hand. Buildings and a fence can be seen in the background (negative 2 of 4).

Princess Jean McMillian, Rose Festival princess for Jane Addams High School. She is standing on a tennis court holding a racket in her raised hand. In front of her is a tennis net (negative 2 of 4).

Lora Myra Hobson, Rose Festival princess for Roosevelt High School. She is seated at a piano with her hands on the keys. Sheet music can be seen on a stand on top of the piano (negative 1 of 2).

Mary Schaller, Rose Festival princess for Clinton Kelly High School of Commerce. She is standing in front of a house holding a small dog. Another house can be seen in the background (negative 1 of 5).

Mary Schaller, Rose Festival princess for Clinton Kelly High School of Commerce. She is sitting on a chair holding a small dog in her lap. The chair is draped with a blanket (negative 4 of 5).

Ruth Elinor King, Rose Festival princess for Franklin High School. She wearing a rose corsage and standing next to a bridled horse (negative 2 of 6).

Virginia Rothenberg, Rose Festival princess for Jefferson High School. She is standing next to a record player with her arms extending, holding a record in her hands. A curtain can be seen in the background (negative 2 of 5).

Virginia Rothenberg, Rose Festival princess for Jefferson High School. She is seated in front of a small table holding a typewriter, with one hand extended. A small stack of papers sits on the table next to the typewriter (negative 3 of 5).

A group of young women, serving at 1941 Rose Festival princesses, pose as a group under an umbrella. They are all wearing long coats and jackets, and the woman at the center of the group is holding a single rose (negative 1 of 8).

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).