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Cherry Festival Photos
 
1947 Royal Cherry Court
Queen Martha DuRette and Princesses of the 1947 Salem Cherry Festival
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Cherry royality, 1949
1949 Queen Patricia O'Conner, Sacred Heart Academy, Salem; Princesses from left to right, Dorothy Neufeld, Dallas; Jeannine Bentley, Lyons; Queen Patricia O'Connor; Katherine Specht, Jefferson; Grace Kirk, St. Paul.  The court is selected by student bodies of all Polk and Marion county high schools and an elimination contest of sixteen girls entered was held at the Salem high school.
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From Cherry Festival brochures, 1947, 1939, 1950, 1949

 
 
Junior Parade, 1949
Progam for 1949 Cherry Festival
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Junior Parade 1949

Junior Parade, 1949
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Royality float in 1947
1947 Float with Royal Court
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Cherry royality, 1948
Queen Lois Eggers of Mt. Angel and Princesses of the 1948 Court.  Top Row, LaVonne Mull, Monmouth; Jane Smith, St. Paul; Anita Forrest, Stayton; Mary Dornhecker, Dallas.  Bottom Row Jean Bothum, Woodburn; Virginia Lewis, Salem; Shirley Klassen, Independence; Patricia Rice, Silverton.
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Parade float in 1949
1949 Cherryland Parade Float
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1908 Cherry Fair
1908  Cherry Fair gathering on the steps of the courthouse
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