"The Last Rose of Summer" float with a winged woodland elf in the Tournament of Roses Parade float, Pasadena, 1927

Item Overview

Title

"The Last Rose of Summer" float with a winged woodland elf in the Tournament of Roses Parade float, 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

Voe Yoke portraying a winged woodland elf standing, in shiny costume with insect-style wings, on flower-covered float, possibly with floral sign "CLEARING" in the foreground. The float was entered by the Clearinghouse Association.
1927 was the first year the the Tournament of Roses Parade had a theme, "Songs in Flowers," with each float typifying a song

Caption

Handwritten at edge of negative: 2075
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 2077 2078 - 2079 - 2080 [other numbers torn off at top] Pasadena Rose Tournament NYear 1927 to 1950, 11, 6x8 [Struck out: 1926, 192[4?] 2081 2082 2083 Panorama of Santa Monica bay from Palisades Park, showing beach clubs popular with movie and tourist groups]

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Dimensions

4 x 5 inches

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Tournament of Roses
Yoke, Voe

Location

California--Pasadena

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Events
Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena
Culture
Parades & processions--California--Pasadena
Environment