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"The Last Rose of Summer" float with a winged woodland elf in the Tournament of Roses Parade float, Pasadena, 1927

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
"The Last Rose of Summer" float with a winged woodland elf in the Tournament of Roses Parade float, Pasadena, 1927

Czechoslovakia float at the starting point of the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1927

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
Czechoslovakia float at the starting point of the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1927

Outdoor event with flags and military veterans, [Los Angeles?], [1949?]

Description:
About 20 men and women on outdoor stage with brick steps, some in military uniforms, with man at podium at left, piano at right, about 12 American flags behind stage, other flags, possibly representing veterans' associations, at right, seated audience, some in military hats, viewed from behind, in foreground, with eucalyptus trees in foreground and background
Date:
[1949?]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Outdoor event with flags and military veterans, [Los Angeles?], [1949?]

Alice Carter nailing plaque to mast, S.S. Constitution, San Diego Harbor, San Diego, 1934

Description:
Alice Carter, daughter of Santa Monica mayor William H. Carter, seated on high post or stool with hammer, on deck of S.S. Constitution, with sailor holding plaque against mast, another young woman standing near mast, Captain Louis J. Gulliver in foreground, ropes and ship's wheel at left and right
Date:
March 10, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Alice Carter nailing plaque to mast, S.S. Constitution, San Diego Harbor, San Diego, 1934

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

"Song of the Nile" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1927

Description:
"Song of the Nile" float with two sphinx statuettes before lounging, costumed participants. One character fans the others with peacock feathers. The float is covered with leafy foliage, and a vase and other decorative elements are visible. The float was entered by the Pasadena Theatres, Inc.
Date:
January 1, 1927
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
"Song of the Nile" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1927

Virginia Pizzini (Miss Venice), Eugene Biscailuz, and crowd, Venice, 1929

Description:
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."
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Virginia Pizzini (Miss Venice), Eugene Biscailuz, and crowd, Venice, 1929

"La Paloma" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1927

Description:
"La Paloma" float with white doves suspended over a garden inhabited by 6 persons in Spanish attire, including a man in a hat playing lute near center, and singers Jose Arias, Thea La Forte, Sybil Tyler and Ella Archer. 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
"La Paloma" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1927

Hill Street decorated for the 1932 Olympics, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:
Street scene looking north at intersection of Hill Street and 7th Street, with commercial buildings, pedestrians, cars, street railroad car reading To L.A. High, and flags, banners, and decorations for the Xth Olympiad. Business signs include: Warner Bros., Harris & Frank, State Life, Kodak
Date:
July, 1932
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Hill Street decorated for the 1932 Olympics, Los Angeles, 1932

"Sitting on top of the World" float in the Tournament of Roses, Pasadena, 1927

Description:
Archway of flowers representing a hill with cottages and with a floral "Beverly Hills" sign, with floral globe within the arch, with woman in hat visible over top of arch at left, small group of people visible through arch. The float was entered by the city of Beverly Hills.
Date:
January 1, 1927
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
"Sitting on top of the World" float in the Tournament of Roses, Pasadena, 1927

Newspaper article describing road race winners, Santa Monica, [1942-1944?]

Description:
Text reads, in part: Looking Back 25 Years. ... Three days after the races the names of the winning car drivers were announced in the Outlook, when the prize money was paid to them. Durant was first and received $4000; Hearne, second, won $2500; Le Cocq, third, $1500, and Pullen, fourth, $1000. Durant's average speed was 81.88 miles an hour for the 250 miles of the course. That was considered, the paper said, a splendid record for the new course.
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Newspaper article describing road race winners, Santa Monica, [1942-1944?]