Grandstand view of floats at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

Item Overview

Title

Grandstand view of floats at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

Photographer

Snyder, Bill

Date Created

January 1, 1936

Date

1936-01-01

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Grandstand view of the 3 floats rounding a curve at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.: "Pink Shell," submitted by Manhattan Beach, with Elnora Record seated in a large, pink shell riding the crest of a wave, with Helene Epperson and Charlotte Havlu costumed as mermaids riding surfboards, and 2 little girls, Barbara Mae Pitzer and Rosemary Dubarry seated on either side; "Benjamin Franklin" submitted by Altadena showing Benjamin Franklin (Howard J. Stevenson) and a young assistant (Mickey McCarty) working at a hand press; and Inglewood's "Pioneer Memorial" float with a scout on a prancing floral steed with pioneer women and scouts seated below (Helen Robbins, Jean Teel, Alice Carmichael, Betty Ann Earl and Barbara Ziegler).
The theme of the 1936 forty-seventh annual Rose Parade was "History in Flowers."

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 4304, Feb 4-36. Snyder negs on Parade, Floats only.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Teel, Jean
Ziegler, Barbara
Pitzer, Barbara Ann
Record, Elnora V., b. 1917
Tournament of Roses
Havlu, Barbara B., b. 1918 or 19
Dubarry, Rosemary
Robbins, Helen Laverne, 1923-1991
Epperson, Helene
Carmichael, Alice Viola, 1923-2006
Earl, Betty Ann, b. 1922 or 23
McCarty, Mickey
Stevenson, Howard J., 1913-1971

Location

Pasadena (Calif.)

Longitude

34.145853

Latitude

-118.160612

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Floats (Parades)--California--Los Angeles
Parades & processions--California--Pasadena
Spectators--California--Pasadena