Genre: cellulose nitrate film / Location: Pasadena (Calif.) / Collection: OpenUCLA Collections / Subject: Parades & processions--California--Pasadena - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

"A Sea of Sand" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

Description:: The "A Sea of Sand" float was preceded by 4 thoroughbred Arabian horses and two camels, "ships of the desert." In addition to its title, the float also bears the floral sign "The Dessert Playground." A woman in a bathing suit stands on the float, braving the rain. The float was entered by the city of Palm Springs. The float is seen is seen passing the Goodhue Flagpole in the center of the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
Date:: January 1, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

"Chinese Empress" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

Description:: View of the Chinese Empress Wan Qua Fei float. The float features a carriage lead by dragons with Lili Arikawa seated on a throne as the empress with 2 girls seated below her, hanging baskets and lanterns, and with 'Long Beach' written on top. All of the participants are dressed in light-colored Chinese silk, including 5 outwalker boys with baskets suspended from shoulder poles. Following is the Huntington Park's "Vanishing Race" float
Date:: January 1, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Snyder, Bill
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

National Orange Show float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

Description:: The theme of the 1936 forty-seventh annual Rose Parade was "History in Flowers."
Date:: January 1, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

"Blazing the Trail Westward" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1928

Description:: The theme of the 1928 Rose Parade was a League of Nations in flowers
Date:: January 2, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

"Fiesta de las Rosas" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1931

Description:: "Fiesta de las Rosas" float entered by the city of San Jose with 2 girls seated on the floral carpet, one girl standing and one girl on a swing.
Date:: January 1, 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

"Birds of Paradise" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

Description:: The theme of the 1935 forty-sixth annual Rose Parade was "Golden Legends."
Date:: January 1, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

"Blazing the Trail Westward" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1928

Description:: The theme of the 1928 Rose Parade was a League of Nations in flowers
Date:: January 2, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Equestrian participants waiting for their turn to enter the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1928

Description:: The theme of the 1928 Rose Parade was a League of Nations in flowers
Date:: January 2, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

San Francisco's "History in the Making" float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

Description:: Float representing the Golden Gate Bridge with an exposition invitation displayed on the side: "San Francisco Invites You In 1938."
Date:: January 1, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Pasadena Clearinghouse float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1931

Description:: Pasadena Clearinghouse float with cornupocias spilling flowers and the word "Banks" written in flowers on the side. Two girls can be seen ringing New Years bells with the hat of a third girl just visible. The float is probably near the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
Date:: January 1, 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

"Adventure" airplane float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1931

Description:: The "Adventure" float featured a floral airplane with a wingspread of 32 feet. The float was designed by Inglewood city gardener W. D. Frantz and entered by the city of Inglewood.
Date:: January 1, 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

"Argonauts" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

Description:: The theme of the 1934 Rose Parade was: Tales of the Seven Seas. It rained during the parade that year.
Date:: January 1, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Tournament of Roses Parade on Colorado Blvd. seen from St. John Ave., Pasadena, 1935

Description:: The theme of the 1935 forty-sixth annual Rose Parade was "Golden Legends."
Date:: January 1, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

"Columbia, Gem of the Ocean" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1927

Description:: 1927 was the first year the the Rose Parade had a theme, "Songs in Flowers," with each float typifying a song
Date:: January 1, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

"Mexico's Fairyland" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1933

Description:: "Mexico's Fairyland" float with a band of 6 musicians (4 men and 12 women) and a woman dancer (seated in the center front row) perform on the float in front of a Mexican style tower. On the side of the float is a flora sign reading: Agua Caliente / Old Mexico.
Date:: January 2, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Dr. C. S. Howe, honorary marshal for the 1938 Tournament of Roses Parade, on King Tut, Pasadena, 1938 (copy photo)

Description:: copy photo
Date:: [circa December 29, 1938]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

"Adohr-able Nymphs" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

Description:: The theme of the 1934 Rose Parade was: Tales of the Seven Seas. It rained during the parade that year.
Date:: January 1, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Humboldt County's "Flowers from the Redwoods" float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

Description:: A floral basket covered in redwood bark with Fleeta Mae Decker seated on top is pulled by a redwood log.
Date:: January 1, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Snyder, Bill
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Football field float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1929

Description:: Floral football field with 2 goal posts, a giant football and 2 visible float riders. The float was entered by the Alhambra Chamber of Commerce and is shown at the intersection of Colorado Blvd. and Orange Grove Blvd.
Date:: January 1, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Float and equestrians in the annual Rose Parade, Pasadena, 1910-1920

Description:: Undated photograph of a Rose Parade float with footmen dressed as roosters and equestrians in Spanish colonial and indigenous American costumes. Among the spectators, the women wear long dresses and hats, indicating a pre-1920 date for this event.
Date:: [1910-1920]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Official in a flower-covered automobile at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

Description:: Official in a flower-covered automobile with 2 capped men in the front seat
Date:: January 1, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

"Mexico's Fairyland" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1933

Description:: The theme of the 1933 forty-fourth annual Rose Parade was "Fairy Tales in Flowers."
Date:: January 2, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Garland attached to a rooster at a Rose Parade procession, Pasadena, 1910-1920

Date:: [1910-1920]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

"California Poppies" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

Description:: Milk flows from a large tilted bottle tended by a milk maid (Dorothy Bowster) on the "California Poppies" float entered by the Golden State Milk Co. The milk bottle rests on a large poppy. Float riders are seated in large poppies on the front of the float and another rider is seated on a throne behind the milk bottle. The float riders are: Sue Ann Eschmeyer, Anniece Achieris, Maxine Bennett, May Jane Bowser and Joan Davids. The float was photographed at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
Date:: January 1, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Crowd lining Colorado Boulevard before or after the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1928

Description:: The theme of the 1928 Rose Parade was a League of Nations in flowers
Date:: January 2, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

"Blue Boy" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1928

Description:: The theme of the 1928 Rose Parade was a League of Nations in flowers
Date:: January 2, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

"A Child's Dream" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1931

Description:: View of a maiden (Ellen Collins) sleeping in a bed of roses on the "A Child's Dream" float, with a princess (Katherine Collins) and castle in the background. The float was entered by the city of Anaheim.
Date:: January 1, 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

"A Castle in Spain" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1933

Description:: "A Castle in Spain" float with a miniature castle perched on a mountain with a princess and ladies in waiting seated around it. The float was entered by the city of Santa Barbara.
Date:: January 2, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Floral covered wagon in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1930

Description:: The theme of the 1930 forty-first annual Rose Parade was "Festival Days in Flowers"
Date:: January 1, 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

"A Castle in Spain" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1933

Description:: The theme of the 1933 forty-fourth annual Rose Parade was "Fairy Tales in Flowers."
Date:: January 2, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

"Christmas Day" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1930

Description:: The theme of the 1930 forty-first annual Rose Parade was "Festival Days in Flowers"
Date:: January 1, 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

"Little Boy Blue" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1933

Description:: The theme of the 1933 forty-fourth annual Rose Parade was "Fairy Tales in Flowers."
Date:: January 2, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Float in the annual Rose Parade, Pasadena, 1910-1920

Description:: Women in long gowns with puffed sleeves ride a float in the Rose Parade, with spectators in the foreground. The apparel appears to date from 1910-1920. Another photograph of this float show it is pulled by a horse.
Date:: [1910-1920]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

"Fiesta de las Rosas" in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

Description:: The theme of the 1935 forty-sixth annual Rose Parade was "Golden Legends."
Date:: January 1, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

"Chinese Empress" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

Description:: View of the Chinese Empress Wan Qua Fei float. The float features a carriage lead by dragons with Lili Arikawa seated on a throne as the empress with 2 girls seated below her, hanging baskets and lanterns, and with 'Long Beach' written on top. All of the participants are dressed in light-colored Chinese silk, including 5 outwalker boys with baskets suspended from shoulder poles and a girl riding in a rickshaw drawn by a boy.
Date:: January 1, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Snyder, Bill
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Float pulled by a horse in the annual Rose Parade, Pasadena, 1910-1920

Description:: View of a Rose Parade float pulled by a horse. A man in livery costume stands beside the horse, posing for the photograph. Women in long dresses with puffed sleeves ride on the float, and spectators watch from the left. All floats were motorized by 1920.
Date:: [1910-1920]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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