Whittier's float "The Garden of Italy" in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1928

Item Overview

Title

Whittier's float "The Garden of Italy" in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1928

Date Created

January 2, 1928

Date

1928-01-02

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

"The Garden of Italy" float with a floral fountain in the front supported by three women dressed in white: Violet Smith, Anna Lou Kimmel and Helen Smith. Trains of mytle and roses, flowing from the back of the float, are carried by five outwalkers: Margaret Leslie, Irina Richardson, Anna Hoogerzeil [Parker], Louise Logan and Bernice Baily. Reported in "SOUTHLAND PAYS HOMAGE AT SHRINE OF FLOWERS: Miracle of Golden Sunshine Signal for Public Acclaim of 500,000 at Pasadena Tournament," Allen, Roy E.  Los Angeles Times, 03 Jan 1928: Part II.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Tournament of Roses. 1928.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w glass negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
glass plate negatives

Names

Baily, Bernice
Richardson, Irina
Tournament of Roses
Smith, Helen
Smith, Violet
Logan, Louise
Leslie, Margaret
Parker, Anna, 1906-1969
Hauser, Anna Lou, 1910-1982

Location

Pasadena (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Parades & processions--California--Pasadena
Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena