Genre: news photographs and glass plate negatives / Language: English / Names: Tournament of Roses / Subject: Parades & processions--California--Pasadena - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

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

Description:: At the site of a collapsed grandstand on the route of the Rose Parade, two men hold a sign reading "All parties entering stand or parking cars on these premises New Years day 1926 do so at their own risk. Paul Mahoney."
Date:: January 1, 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Orange Community Chamber of Commerce float titled "Sunbeams of Orange." Six women are seated on the float, which appears to represent a ship. Two men costumed as pages and holding banners stand on either side of the float. The banner on the left bears the message "Orange Community Chamber of Commerce," and the message on other banner reads "Sunbeams Orange." The house visible behind the float indicates that the photograph was taken before the parade had begun and is on Orange Grove, or on a side street near Orange Grove. Reported in PAGEANT BEAUTY'S OWN..." Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 1923: II:1.
Date:: January 1, 1923
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: The float is titled "Pasadena ARC." Reported in "FLOATS BANKS OF FLOWERS: Dozens of Entries by Cities and Groups Present Sights Possible Only in Southland," Los Angeles Times, 02 Jan. 1924: II:8.
Date:: January 1, 1924
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: 1927 was the first year the Rose Parade had a theme, "Songs in Flowers," with each float typifying a song. Photograph appears in the photo page "Camera highlights along line of march," Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 1927: 1.
Date:: January 1, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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