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Beverly Hills float with actress Doris Deane in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1927

Description:
1927 was the first year the Rose Parade had a theme, "Songs in Flowers," with each float typifying a song. The float sponsored by the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce represents a hill with cottages suspended above the world, which was revolving. It was the winner of the Grand Sweepstakes. Photograph appears in "PASADENA'S 38th ANNUAL ROSE TOURNAMENT," Los Angeles Times, 02 Jan. 1927: 27.
Date:
January 1, 1927
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Beverly Hills float with actress Doris Deane in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1927

Beverly Hills float with actress Madge Bellamy in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1927

Description:
1927 was the first year the Rose Parade had a theme, "Songs in Flowers," with each float typifying a song. The float sponsored by the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce represents a hill with cottages suspended above the world, which was revolving. It was the winner of the Grand Sweepstakes.
Date:
January 1, 1927
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Beverly Hills float with actress Madge Bellamy in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1927

Beverly Hills float with actress Madge Bellamy in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1927

Description:
Float sponsored by the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce represents a hill with cottages suspended above the world, which was revolving. It was the winner of the Grand Sweepstakes. 1927 was the first year 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
Beverly Hills float with actress Madge Bellamy in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1927

British journalist Sir Charles Igglesden with physicist Dr. Robert A. Millikan at California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1928

Description:
British journalist Sir Charles Igglesden shakes the hand of physicist Dr. Robert A. Millikan at California Institute of Technology. Dr. Millikan provided a tour of the laboratories at the institute to Sir Charles Igglesden and thirteen other British journalists who traveled through the United States on a trip sponsored by the Carnegie Foundation for International Peace. Related to the article "British Journalists Spend Busy Day Being Welcomed and Visiting City's Places of Interest: EDITORS LIKE OUR SUNSHINE," Los Angeles Times, 02 Nov. 1928: A1.
Date:
November 1, 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
British journalist Sir Charles Igglesden with physicist Dr. Robert A. Millikan at California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1928

Carrie Jacobs Bond and others riding in a decorated automobile at the Tournament of Roses parade, Pasadena, 1927

Description:
Automobile decorated with flowers rides the street with Carrie Jacobs Bond (back seat, left) with 2 women. On the side of the automobile hangs a banner which reads "Women's Division Tournament of Roses." A crowd watches from the back. "Roses in Bloom," written by Carrie Jacobs Bond and Francesca Falk Miller, was the theme song of this parade.
Date:
January 1, 1927
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Carrie Jacobs Bond and others riding in a decorated automobile at the Tournament of Roses parade, Pasadena, 1927

Carrie Jacobs Bond besdie a Tournament of Roses parade float, Pasadena, circa 1920s

Description:
Carrie Jacobs Bond stands beside a floral parade float for a New Year's Day parade. Three women are seated onthe float, which is led by two male outwalkers, one carrying a wooden parade sign which reads "The End Of A Perfect Day." A crowd watches from the sidewalk. "Roses in Bloom," written by Carrie Jacobs Bond and Francesca Falk Miller, was the theme song of this parade.
Date:
January 1, 1927
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Carrie Jacobs Bond besdie a Tournament of Roses parade float, Pasadena, circa 1920s

Dormitory groundbreaking ceremony at Caltech, Pasadena, 1930

Description:
Three officials from California Institute of Technology posing with a steam shovel at 1930 groundbreaking ceremonies for dormitories. Reported in "NEWS OF SOUTHERN COUNTIES: GROUND BROKEN FOR CALTECH Million-Dollar Dormitories Begun With Steam Shovel Student Body President at Throttle of Machine More Than 1000 Persons See Unique Ceremonies," Los Angeles Times, 03 Jun. 1930: A8.
Date:
[circa June 2, 1930]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Dormitory groundbreaking ceremony at Caltech, Pasadena, 1930

Duke and Duchess of Alba, aboard train, say farewell to hosts Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford, Pasadena, 1924

Description:
Eight members of the traveling ducal party on the platform of the last car on the train. The train is called the California Santa Fe Limited, as per the railing sign. The Duke and Duchess of Alba stand at the center with one woman in between them. The Duchess grasps the hand of Mary Pickford, who is on the ground. Douglas Fairbanks stands to Mary's left, looking up at the Duchess. Photo appears with the article "Alba Promises to Return," Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 1924: A12.
Date:
October 13, 1924
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Duke and Duchess of Alba, aboard train, say farewell to hosts Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford, Pasadena, 1924

Duke and Duchess of Alba depart by train, Pasadena, 1924

Description:
View of eight members of the traveling ducal party on the platform of the last car of a train. A circular sign bears the name of the train, "California Santa Fe Limited." The Duke and Duchess of Alba stand at the center, with one woman in between them. The three look down at their two hosts on the ground, the actors Douglas Fairbanks (L) and Mary Pickford (R). Reported in "Alba Promises to Return," Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 1924: A12.
Date:
October 13, 1924
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Duke and Duchess of Alba depart by train, Pasadena, 1924

F. W. Arlin on a flooded dirt road in the Arroyo Seco, Pasadena (vicinity), 1930-1939

Description:
"F. W. Arlin" on the negative sleeve annotation is probably Frank William Arlin (who ais also recorded as Frank William Arlin Fischer), a water engineer who worked at a pump plant and who lived in Pasadena in the 1930s. Numerous storms and floods affected the Arroyo Seco basin and surrounding communities in the 1920s and 1930s.
Date:
[between 1930-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
F. W. Arlin on a flooded dirt road in the Arroyo Seco, Pasadena (vicinity), 1930-1939

F. W. Arlin on a flooded dirt road in the Arroyo Seco, Pasadena (vicinity), 1930-1939

Description:
"F. W. Arlin" on the negative sleeve annotation is probably Frank William Arlin (who is also recorded as Frank William Arlin Fischer), a water engineer who worked at a pump plant and who lived in Pasadena in the 1930s. Numerous storms and floods affected the Arroyo Seco basin and surrounding communities in the 1920s and 1930s.
Date:
[between 1930-1939]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
F. W. Arlin on a flooded dirt road in the Arroyo Seco, Pasadena (vicinity), 1930-1939

Glendale float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1923

Description:
Small "Glendale" float that followed the prize-winning Glendale float, with the four trophy cups won by Glendale for previous parade entries. A small child holds the reins of the float. Reported in "JEWEL CITY WINS AGAIN: Glendale Captures First Civic Float Award for Fifth Time in Rose Tourney History..." Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 1923, II:1.
Date:
January 1, 1923
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Glendale float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1923

Glendale float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1927

Description:
Float sponsored by the city of Glendale, which was awarded Second Place Class A. Two sailors accompany the float as out walkers. 1927 was the first year the Rose Parade had a theme, "Songs in Flowers," with each float typifying a song. A different photograph of this float appears in the photo page "Glendale and Long Beach Share in Major Honors," Los Angeles Times, 02 Jan. 1927: 28.
Date:
January 1, 1927
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Glendale float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1927

Hiram Bingham and Carroll L. Beedy greeted at a train station, Pasadena, circa 1930

Description:
Four men stand at the train station, with a train to their right: aviation leaders Senator Hiram Bingham (2nd from left) and Carroll L. Beedy, House Representative from Maine (3rd from left), are met by two undentified men. They were in Los Angeles for a dinner tendered by the Samoan Commission at the Chamber of Commerce banquet hall. Photo (cropped) appears with the article "NATION'S WINGS GROW HERE: Senator Bingham, Aviation Authority, Credits California with Lead in Aeronautics," Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 1930: A1.
Date:
September 10, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Hiram Bingham and Carroll L. Beedy greeted at a train station, Pasadena, circa 1930

Lady Beaverbrook and daughter Jane Aitken at the Huntington Hotel, Pasadena, 1927

Description:
Lady Beaverbrook (left) and daughter Jane Aitken stand in a hotel hallway between room 418 and Room 419 with two wicker chairs behind them. Each wears a dropwaist dress and a pearl necklace. This image appears with the article "Peeress Visits Southland: Here With Daughter to Regain Health," Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 1927: A1.
Date:
January 11, 1927
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Lady Beaverbrook and daughter Jane Aitken at the Huntington Hotel, Pasadena, 1927

Lady Beaverbrook and daughter Jane Aitken seated in wicker chairs at the Huntington Hotel, Pasadena, 1927

Description:
Lady Beaverbrook (left) and her daughter Janet Aitken sit in wicker chairs in the hotel hallway, with room 419 on their right. Lady Beaverbrook looks directly at the camera, with her right arm on the chair's armrest. Janet sits with her legs crossed and her eyes cast to the left and downward. A similar image taken on the same occasion appears with the article "Peeress Visits Southland: Here With Daughter to Regain Health," Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 1927: A1.
Date:
January 11, 1927
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Lady Beaverbrook and daughter Jane Aitken seated in wicker chairs at the Huntington Hotel, Pasadena, 1927

Lieutenant Colonel L. M. Adams and Captain H. R. Zimmer testing radium-atomite at Caltech, Pasadena, 1928

Description:
Scientists Lieutenant-Colonel L. M. (Lewis Milton) Adams and Captain H. R. Zimmer testing Radium Atomite at Caltech. Photo appears with the article, "Radium-Atomite Tried Out: Tests at Caltech Expected to Result in Use of Local Invention in Warfare," Los Angeles Times, 26 May 1928: A3.
Date:
[circa May 26, 1928]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Lieutenant Colonel L. M. Adams and Captain H. R. Zimmer testing radium-atomite at Caltech, Pasadena, 1928

Margie Middleton and Ruth Sexton in costume at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1927

Description:
1927 was the first year the Rose Parade had a theme, "Songs in Flowers," with each float typifying a song. Margie Middleton and Ruth Sexton, riders on the "Vase of Flowers" float, pose in costume in front of a float, probably before the start of the parade. Photograph appears in "PASADENA'S 38th ANNUAL ROSE TOURNAMENT," Los Angeles Times, 02 Jan. 1927: 27.
Date:
January 1, 1927
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Margie Middleton and Ruth Sexton in costume at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1927

Pasadena City Schools float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1924

Description:
The float features 5 children and 3 adults. It was constructed to look like an old sailing ship, with the initials "PHS" on the top sail, "Junior HS" on the middle sail, and "elementary schools" on the bottom sail. Photo appears (reversed) with article "All Southland Represented at Rose Tournament," Los Angeles Times, 02 Jan. 1924: A10.
Date:
January 1, 1924
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Pasadena City Schools float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1924

Pasadena First Merchants Association float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1923

Description:
Float in the form of a miniature replica of the Rose Bowl. Photo appears with the article "PAGEANT BEAUTY'S OWN: Pasadena Rose Tournament Parade Sees Loveliness of Southland in Splendid Review Ideal Weather for Crown City's Tournament Helps Make Success of Annual Event ROSE PAGEANT LOVELY SIGHT..." Los Angeles Times, 02 Jan. 1923: II:7.
Date:
January 1, 1923
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Pasadena First Merchants Association float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1923

Post 93 - GAR float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1924

Description:
Float sponsored by Post No. 93 of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR). GAR was a fraternal organization composed of veterans of the Union Army (United States Army), Union Navy (U.S. Navy), and the Marines who served in the American Civil War. Photo appears with article "All Southland Represented at Rose Tournament," Los Angeles Times, 02 Jan. 1924: A10.
Date:
January 1, 1924
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Post 93 - GAR float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1924

Richard C. Tolman and Albert Einstein at California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1932

Description:
Richard C. Tolman and Albert Einstein standing in front of a blackboard at the California Institute of Technology. Reported in "TOLMAN TALKS TO SCIENTISTS: Expanding Universe Theory Subject of Lecture Dr. Einstein Takes Part in Discussion World to Go on Forever, Speaker Declares," Los Angeles Times, 09 Jan. 1932: A2.
Date:
January 8, 1932
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Richard C. Tolman and Albert Einstein at California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1932

Sherman Institute float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1928

Description:
Float sponsored by the Sherman Institute, an off-reservation boarding school for Native American students. Now called the Sherman Indian High School, it opened in 1892 as the Perris Indian School and later changed its name to the Sherman Institute. On the right are four Native American students beside a decorative tepee. On the left are four Native American students dressed to represent trades taught at the school, with one young woman dressed as a nurse and one young man wearing a smock. Students identified in the newspaper article include Charles Bautista, Adelia Brown, Pearl Beuis, Samuel Cachora, Adolph Sambo Pahvitse, Elsie Sasalque, and Jose Tajete. The float is at the intersection of Orange Grove and Colorado Boulevard. Reported in "FLOATS TELL PEACE STORY: League of Nations Theme Carried Out by Chain of Masterpieces Done in Flowers," Los Angeles Times, 03 Jan. 1928: A1.
Date:
January 2, 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Sherman Institute float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1928