Genre: black-and-white photographs / Resource Type: still image / Subject: Entertainment and Events - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

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:: View from grandstand of uniformed band on fenced track, horseback riders on track and in infield area, with audience in foreground, mountains in background
Date:: March 17, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Horse and rider jumping over a fence (next to a booth with 2 loudspeakers on the roof) at the Desert Circus Rodeo on the parade grounds at the Palm Springs Field Club
Date:: 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Decorated open car with man driving, 3 or 4 women riding, sign reading Vanity Fair Studios and Dance, with horse-drawn wagon with dancers behind and spectators on sidewalk in background
Date:: 1930-1931
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Three fire vehicles, 1 horse-drawn, with firefighters driving, 1 firefighter walking alongside, with covered wagon partially visible behind and spectators in background
Date:: 1930-1931
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: A long row of men on horseback face the Desert Circus Rodeo audience in the grandstands (not visible, on the left) with two riders placed in front of them. The riders wear hats and are dressed in formal riding attire, with the exception of the rider in the front who wears a shiny silk shirt and a cowboy hat.
Date:: 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Description:: Actor playing the role of Adolf Hitler standing in front of three large loud speakers on a stand and next to the horse arena fence, and giving the Hitler salute at the Palm Springs Field Club during the Desert Circus Rodeo
Date:: 1938
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

Description:: 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
Date:: 1930-31
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:: Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

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