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Description:: Photograph of a parade float passing down East Colorado Boulevard during the Tournament of Roses parade in Pasadena. The float is in the near distance at center. It features an anthropomorphized orange wearing a crown and holding out a basket of oranges. Along the skirt of the float it reads, "[...]DINO NATIONAL ORANGE SHOW." The float is partially obscured at left by the back of a spectator's head. Banners and other regalia hang from a line spanning over the street. Spectators line the opposite side of the street. Across the street at left is "HOWARD AUTOMOBI[...]," and at right is, "[undecipherable] BARBER SHOP."
Date:: January 1, 1941
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph of spectators lining East Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena to watch the Tournament of Roses parade. The photographer stands behind spectators standing on the south side of East Colorado Boulevard. The spectators nearest to the photographer have their backs towards the camera. On the opposite side of the road, spectators stand in front of Bard's Colorado Theater. The marquis reads, "BARD'S C[...]S LAUGHTON AND CAROLE LOMBARD [T]HEY KNEW WHAT THEY WANTED [GA]RY COOPER 'THE WESTERNER' BANK SPIN TOTALING 1000." Additional spectators stand atop the theater's marquis and sit in a balcony on the theater's tower. Flags hang on a line over East Colorado Boulevard. At near right, a few spectators stand behind a barrier and a person's elbow juts into the frame.
Date:: January 1, 1941
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Photograph of a soldier and other fellow spectators sitting and standing on the scaffolding that supports a grandstand at the Tournament of Roses parade in Pasadena. The camera looks up from the ground towards the grandstand and views it from the back and the side. The grandstand stands at right. At the corner, a soldier (center) stands and peers over to the left. Other spectators sit on the scaffolding beams beneath the grandstand with their backs to the camera. A row at the top of the grandstand is visible. Here, spectators sit with their backs to the camera as well. Trees stand on the left side of the image.
Date:: January 1, 1941
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

Description:: Actor William Holden posing with seven Rose Princesses vying for the title of Rose Queen for the Pasadena Rose Parade.
Date:: [circa December 3, 1950]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: 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.
Date:: January 1, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

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.
Date:: January 1, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: About 25 uniformed soldiers and sailors with flags, marching in Tournament of Roses parade, with crowd and trees in background
Date:: [1927-1939?]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: A Tournament of the Roses parade float with a European theme (probably the entry from Czechoslovakia). The participant furthest to the left is wearing a traditional Eastern-European dress, while the three participants to the right of the float are wearing gowns. The float is decorated with palms and other various foliage, and a two-dimensional sun is suspended within an arch flanked by monumental vases of flowers. The Pasadena Memorial Flagpole (Goodhue Flagpole) is visible behind the float in its original location in the middle of the intersection of Orange Grove and Colorado Boulevard.
Date:: January 1, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Float depicting Ocean Park amusement rides, with about 10 riders, including about 8 children, visible, with crowd, trees, and houses in background. The float was entered by the city of Santa Monica.
Date:: January 1, 1949
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Man in top hat, bow tie, checked pants, and blackface, person in tutu, with crowd in background
Date:: 1927-1950
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

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