Actress Linda Ware on horseback at the Will Rogers Memorial Celebration parade, Santa Monica, 1940

Item Overview

Title

Actress Linda Ware on horseback at the Will Rogers Memorial Celebration parade, Santa Monica, 1940

Photographer

Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966

Date Created

July 27, 1940

Date

1940-07-27

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Notes

Description

Photograph of actress Linda Ware, dressed in western/cowgirl attire and seated on horseback at the "Roundup of the Stars" parade, part of the Will Rogers Memorial Celebration. Ware's ensemble is comprised of a cowboy hat, fringed vest and skirt, leather wrist cuffs and cowboy boots. She wears a sash that reads, "Miss Highway 66." Spectators are seated and standing along the parade route that followed along Palisades Park (the original rustic branch fence is viewed in the background beyond the palm trees).
The Will Rogers Memorial Celebration and Pageant was a three-day event with proceeds going to the Red Cross. In 1940, the event coincided with the national convention of the Will Rogers Memorial Highway (U.S. 66) Association. Festivities included a tour of Will Rogers Ranch for convention delegates, a rodeo held at Municipal Stadium, and a nightly pageant held at Santa Monica High School.
Related to Los Angeles Times article, “Tribute Paid Will Rogers: Five Thousand Persons and 1400 Horses March in Santa Monica Parade Santa Monica Honors Rogers Hundred Thousand See Humorist's Favorite Horse in Parade,” 28 Jul. 1940:A1.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2901. Will Rogers Memorial Celebration. July 27/1940 in Santa Monica. Street Parade. Elks float. "Death Valley" Scotty. Mayor Claude Crawford, -- Johnson, Scotty's partner in group photo; Don Jackson, Carolyn Bartlett. 3: Dr Claude C Crawford U.S.C., Earl T Crawford, Barker Bros, Claude Crawford, mayor of Santa Monica.
Handwritten on edge of negative: 2901

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Keywords

Genre

acetate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Rogers, Will, 1879-1935
Ware, Linda, 1925-1975

Location

California--Santa Monica

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Parades & processions--California--Santa Monica
Actresses--American--California--Santa Monica