Young women carrying the "Huntington Park High School Band" banner, followed by a drum majorette and the band. The Orth Storage building on the left was located at 238 West Colorado Blvd. (the block later became a freeway overpass). On the right, signs painted on the side of a commercial building read: "Chevrolet, Gwynn Johnson, 245," and "H. R. Slayden."
A worker for the Douglas Aircraft Corporation plant participating in a sit-down strike. A bitter struggle ensued between union labor leaders whether or not to support the strike.
Six women riding in a cart serenaded by 2 men, one playing a guitar, at the Old Spanish Days Fiesta in Santa Barbara. They may be part of the wedding party described in an 8/19/1932 Los Angeles Times article titled "Historic Pageant Opens Santa Barbara Fiesta..." stating "The bridal pair on horseback were escorted by many riders by caballero and senorita, while a creaking careta carried members of the family of both bride and groom."
Women looking through a pile of rayon print dresses, priced at $1.69, during the semiannual Dollar Day sale in downtown Los Angeles. Stores hired extra salespersons and the city arranged for extra streetcars and policemen to accommodate the more than 200,000 bargain-hunters who came out for the sale
A similar photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, March 8, 1936, "Seeing Styles From Times Revue, With Sylva Weaver, Fashion Reporter," with caption: Jane Hamilton was one of the brides in the Times fashion show. Her wedding outfit was designed by Bernard Newman. Left to right are Mrs. F. Ernest Potts, Jr., Peggy Terry, Miss Hamilton, Mrs. Harry D. Parkin, Jr., and Eleanor Dabney.
Woman on horseback wearing a hat, short jacket and matching trousers and waving to the spectators. Her white horse is decorated with a garland. Another rider follows her in the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
Two men carry a woman on stretcher with planks from a collapsed Rose Parade grandstand strewn on the ground and people standing between cars behind them.
Float with a person in costume seated next to a striped tent with small palm tree placed saround it. A floral sign on the side identifies the sponsor of the float as the "W. K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Ranch." The float is at the intersection of Colorado Blvd. and Orange Grove Blvd.
This photograph was part of the coverage taken for the Los Angeles Times article "Santa Barbara Fiesta Revives Days of Spanish Rule in California," 8/8/1930.
Laguna Beach's entry of a float of flowers arranged into image of humorist Will Rogers, to commemorate his 1935 death, as seen by crowd at 1936 Tournament of Roses Parade
A tribute to Will Rogers, following his death the previous year, at the 1936 Tournament of Roses Parade, surrounded by an unknown number of spectators. A tribute by the Union Oil Company, the float depicts a riderless horse in front of a large star to represent Rogers's career. The float won the grand prize award for the parade.
Laguna Beach's entry float of flowers arranged into image of humorist Will Rogers, to commemorate his 1935 death, at staging area on S. Orange Grove Blvd.
William Jennings Bryan, Jr., in suit and tie, standing at podium with microphone, with bunting in foreground, 3 men, 2 in navy uniforms, at left, Coliseum seats in background
William F. Gettle, Beverly Hills millionaire and businessman, is reunited with his four children after his kidnapping. Gettle was kidnapped from the grounds of his Arcadia ranch home during a housewarming party on the eve of May 9th. The kidnapping attracted a great deal of attention in the community, with Mrs. Gettle even addressing the kidnappers through the pages of the Los Angeles Times. The kidnappers demanded a $60,000 ransom for the return of Gettle, which Mrs. Gettle agreed to pay. However, before the ransom was paid, two detectives of the LAPD, Chester Burris and H.P. Gearhardt, broke the case after installing a dictaphone in the home of a bank robbery suspect. Information from the dictaphone led them to a La Crescenta home where Gettle was held. He was returned, unharmed, to his family on the eve of May 14th.
William F. Gettle, (center, wearing spectacles) is returned to his home in Beverly Hills after being kidnapped and held for ransom.Gettle, businessman and millionaire, was kidnapped from the grounds of his Arcadia ranch home during a party on the eve of May 9th. The kidnapping attracted a great deal of attention in the community, with Mrs. Gettle even addressing the kidnappers through the pages of the Los Angeles Times. The kidnappers demanded a $60,000 ransom for the return of Gettle, which Mrs. Gettle agreed to pay. However, before the ransom was paid, two detectives of the LAPD, Chester Burris and H.P. Gearhardt, broke the case after installing a dictaphone in the home of a bank robbery suspect. Information from the dictaphone led them to a La Crescenta home where Gettle was held. He was returned, unharmed, to his family on the eve of May 14th.
The "Whistler's Mother" float with Mrs. Howard J. Sloan and with a Bible and a floral U. S. flag draped over the front.The float was entered by the Antlers of the B.P.O.E. and is shown at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
Three-layer wedding cake float on a gondola-like boat and topped with boy and girl, Harold Van Horn and Ardath Aline Elsasser, dressed as a bride and groom beneath an archway. Inscribed in flowers on the side of the boat: Davis.... The float was entered by the Davis Perfection Bakery.
Three-layer wedding cake float on a gondola-like boat with boy gondolier and girl riding in the boat and topped with boy and girl, Harold Van Horn and Ardath Aline Elsasser, dressed as a bride and groom beneath an archway. Inscribed in flowers on the side of the boat: Davis.... The float was entered by the Davis Perfection Bakery.
Executive vice president of the Southern California Edison Co., W.C. Mullendore, and president of Levi Strauss & Co., Walter Haas, at the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce’s 49th annual banquet in the Ambassador Hotel’s fiesta room. Over 1,000 business, civic and social leaders attended the banquet which is held every year on George Washington’s birthday. The event celebrates the achievements of the Chamber of Commerce over the past year and lays out programs for the coming year.
Wagon drawn by two horses, decorated with hay, with about 4 couples dancing, guitarist and other musicians playing, and 2 men driving, with sign reading Santa Monica Public School [Playgrounds?], with building decorated with bunting in background
Virginia Pizzini, Miss Venice 1929, with Los Angeles County Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz and many others, most with hands and hats raised. Group is posing on a Venice street with a firefighters' life net, set vertically, on which is drawn a U.S. map, printed with "Miss So. California invites all Elkdom to Los Angeles in 1929."
Friedrich "Fritz" Kreisler was an Austrian-born violinist and composer. One of the most famous violin masters of his or any other day, and regarded as one of the greatest violinists of all time, he was known for his sweet tone and expressive phrasing.
Viking ship float with a dragon figurehead for the bow and guided 8 Viking maids. This image is a detail of the dragon figurehead with one Viking maiden.
View towards domed United States Government Building and Hawaii Building, right, with groups of women and children in foreground, groups of men and women in midground
View of the Rose Parade route on Colorado Blvd. facing west from Marengo Ave. The F. C. Nash & Co. commercial building is visible in the right middle ground.
View of the street during the post-war Labor Day parade. A movie theater is visible. Crowds reached over 150,000 during the special three-day celebration.
View of the Santa Monica beach with beachgoers, a sailboat and three row boats on the sand and several small boats in the water with the breakwater visible in the distance.
A young woman in Grecian costume places a wreath on a victorious Greek athlete on a floral platform framed by four Olympic torches on the San Jose Fiesta de las Rosas Association float. Two additional women ride the float, which is seen at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
Veterans of the Indian War assemble on Memorial Day, 1935. The ceremonies were held at the Memorial Coliseum, where veterans of the Civil War and Spanish American War attended, and several bands entertained the crowd.
The Long Beach float with Venus, Virginia Johnson, in a sunburst throne with her attendants, Joan Slaughter, Margaret Burley, Mary Lou Turner and Gladys McCleary, dressed in Grecian robes in pastel shades. A huge peacock heads the float, with a fountain in the center supporting 2 green cockatoos with orchid tails. The float was photographerd at the intersection of Orange Grove. Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
The Long Beach float with Venus, Virginia Johnson, in a sunburst throne with her attendants, Joan Slaughter, Margaret Burley, Mary Lou Turner and Gladys McCleary, dressed in Grecian robes in pastel shades. A huge peacock heads the float, with a fountain in the center supporting 2 green cockatoos with orchid tails. The float is seen passing the Goodhue Flagpole at the intersection of Orange Grove. Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
Birdeseye view of the Long Beach float with Venus, Virginia Johnson, in a sunburst throne with her attendants, Joan Slaughter, Margaret Burley, Mary Lou Turner and Gladys McCleary, dressed in Grecian robes in pastel shades. A huge peacock heads the float, with a fountain in the center supporting 2 green cockatoos with orchid tails.
"Venetian Gondola" float with a gondolier and occupied by 4 girls, entered by the Pasadena Light Department in compliment to the University of Pittsburgh.
The "Venetian Gondola" float, about 35 feet on length, is steered by a young girl costumed as the gondola. The float was entered by the Hotel Huntington. The float is shown at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd. with the Goodhue Flagpole on the right.
View of an agricultural exhibit of pumpkins, gourds and other vegetables in a tiered stand in a large tent at the Southern California Fair. A sign above the vegetable stand reads: "A. L. Michael."