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Young women carrying the "Huntington Park High School Band" banner in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1931

Description:
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."
Date:
January 1, 1931
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Young women carrying the "Huntington Park High School Band" banner in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1931

Women riding a cart serenaded by 2 men at the Old Spanish Days Fiesta, Santa Barbara, 1932

Description:
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."
Date:
August 18, 1932
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Women riding a cart serenaded by 2 men at the Old Spanish Days Fiesta, Santa Barbara, 1932

Women dressed as bridal party, Times Fashion Show, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
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.
Date:
1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Women dressed as bridal party, Times Fashion Show, Los Angeles, 1936

Will Rogers Commemorative float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

Description:
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.
Date:
January 1, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Will Rogers Commemorative float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

Wedding cake float in the Rose Parade, Pasadena, 1927

Description:
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.
Date:
January 1, 1927
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Wedding cake float in the Rose Parade, Pasadena, 1927

Vermont Avenue campus - Push ball contest, c.1928

Description:
Male students engage in a push ball contest on the Vermont Avenue campus. The occasion is likely the Frosh-Soph Brawl, a Fall tradition that pits freshmen against sophomores. The Los Angeles State Normal School moved to this twenty-five acre site on North Vermont Avenue near downtown Los Angeles in September 1914, where it became the Southern Branch of the University of California in July 1919. After a name change to the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1927, the university moved to its present location in Westwood in the May 1929.
Date:
c. 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection
Vermont Avenue campus - Push ball contest, c.1928

Vermont Avenue campus - Push ball contest, c.1928

Description:
Male students engage in a push ball contest on the Vermont Avenue campus. The occasion is likely the Frosh-Soph Brawl, a Fall tradition that pits freshmen against sophomores. The Los Angeles State Normal School moved to this twenty-five acre site on North Vermont Avenue near downtown Los Angeles in September 1914, where it became the Southern Branch of the University of California in July 1919. After a name change to the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1927, the university moved to its present location in Westwood in the May 1929.
Date:
c. 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection
Vermont Avenue campus - Push ball contest, c.1928

Vermont Avenue campus - Push ball contest, c.1928

Description:
Female students engage in a push ball contest on the Vermont Avenue campus. The Los Angeles State Normal School moved to this twenty-five acre site on North Vermont Avenue near downtown Los Angeles in September 1914, where it became the Southern Branch of the University of California in July 1919. After a name change to the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1927, the university moved to its present location in Westwood in the May 1929.
Date:
c.1928
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Hoover, Thelner Barton (UCLA 1930)
Collection:
Hoover (Thelner B.) and Hoover (Louise E. B.) photographic collection
Vermont Avenue campus - Push ball contest, c.1928

"Venus" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

Description:
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.
Date:
January 1, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Venus" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

"Venus" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

Description:
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.
Date:
January 1, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Venus" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

"Venus" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

Description:
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.
Date:
January 1, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Venus" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935