Czechoslovakia float at the starting point of the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1927

Item Overview

Title

Czechoslovakia float at the starting point of the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1927

Photographer

Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966

Date Created

January 1, 1927

Date

1927-01-01

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Notes

Description

A Tournament of the Roses parade float with a European theme (probably the entry from Czechoslovakia). The participant furthest to the left is wearing a traditional Eastern-European dress, while the three participants to the right of the float are wearing gowns. The float is decorated with palms and other various foliage, and a two-dimensional sun is suspended within an arch flanked by monumental vases of flowers. The Pasadena Memorial Flagpole (Goodhue Flagpole) is visible behind the float in its original location in the middle of the intersection of Orange Grove and Colorado Boulevard.
Czechoslovakia was the first foreign government to enter a float in the Parade, in 1927.
1927 was the first year the the Tournament of Roses Parade had a theme, "Songs in Flowers," with each float typifying a song

Caption

Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Pasadena Rose Tourney, year 1927; 2081 2082, 2083, 2084, 2085, 2086, 2087, 2088, 2089, 2090, 2091, 2092

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Tournament of Roses

Location

California--Pasadena

Longitude

34.145552779213744

Latitude

-118.16034078598022

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Events
Arts
Entertainment
Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena
Culture
Parades & processions--California--Pasadena