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Cake 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

Cinco de Mayo festivities on Olvera Street, Los Angeles, 1962

Date:: May 6, 1962
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

"The Lady of the Shalott" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1929

Description:: The theme of the 1929 fortieth annual Rose Parade was "Poems in Flowers"
Date:: January 1, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

"Land of My Sunshine Dreams" 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

Small float with male driver in white suit and hat in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1933

Description:: Small float with male driver in white suit and hat and, perhaps, butterflies. 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 2, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Rose Bowl float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

Description:: This float features a replica of the Rose Bowl and life-size figures of the Stanford Indian and the Columbia Lion. 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. The float was entered by Stanford University.
Date:: January 1, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

"Sweetheart Contest" contestants at the Southern California Fair, Riverside, 1929

Description:: View of ten beauty contestants in the "Sweetheart Contest" at the Southern California Fair. The contestants are posed in front of an animal pen.
Date:: September 24, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Victorious athlete float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1932

Description:: A young woman in Grecian costume places a wreath on a victorious Greek athlete on a floral platform framed by four Olympic torches on the San Jose Fiesta de las Rosas Association float. Two additional women ride the float, which is seen at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
Date:: January 1, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Elks Lodge marching band and "Uncle Sam Hat" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1928

Description:: Elks Lodge marching band with a banner partially reading "...Lodge...B. P." followed by a float in the form of an Uncle Sam hat the Drummer Boys of '61 portrayed by G.A.R. veterans riding inside the hat.
Date:: January 1, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

"Hiawatha's wooing" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1929

Description:: The theme of the 1929 fortieth annual Rose Parade was "Poems in Flowers"
Date:: January 1, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

"Enchanted Lands" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

Description:: The "Enchanted Lands" float features a large floral replica of the California Building (a Spanish Colonial building designed for the by architect Bertram Goodhue for the 1915-1917 Panama–California Exposition held in San Diego to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal) with a bell tower and dome reproduced with yellow, white and bronze chrysanthemums. A sign on the side of the float reads "San Diego, World Exposition City, 1935." On the visible corners of the float are float riders in costume with decorations featuring (L to R) a Spanish-American mission, a Chinese bridge, and a South Seas palm. The Goodhue Flagpole at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd. is visible behind the float.
Date:: January 1, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

"Chinese Barge" 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

Member of a bagpipe band in Rose Parade, Pasadena, 1928

Description:: Bagpiper participant in the Rose Parade in kilt and sporran playing his bagpipe
Date:: January 2, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

"Peter Rabbit" 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

"Southern California Farm House" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

Description:: The "Southern California Farm House" float is formed of cornflowers and white flowers with a garden in front and a rising sun behind the house. The float riders are Lois Weston and Leland and James Clemson. The El Monte entry is seen at the intersection of Orange Grove blvd. and Colorado Blvd. with the Goodhue Flagpole in the background on the right.
Date:: January 1, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

"Queen of the Fairies" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1933

Description:: View of Dorothy Edwards, queen of the tournament, seated on a floral butterfly throne beneath a floral canopy with her fairy attendants Eleanor Braden, Joyce Dunkerly, Norma Hassler and Jeanne Thomson.
Date:: January 2, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Two women carrying a banner announcing the start of the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1929

Description:: The theme of the 1929 fortieth annual Rose Parade was "Poems in Flowers"
Date:: January 1, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

"Portola Festival" 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

Comedian Bob Hope talking to reporter as children look on at Los Angeles Times War Workers Golf Tournament, 1943

Date:: March 15, 1943
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Hansen, H.Lee
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Service Clubs float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1929

Description:: The theme of the 1929 fortieth annual Rose Parade was "Poems in Flowers"
Date:: January 1, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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Cake float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1930

Cinco de Mayo festivities on Olvera Street, Los Angeles, 1962

"The Lady of the Shalott" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1929

"Land of My Sunshine Dreams" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1927

Small float with male driver in white suit and hat in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1933

Rose Bowl float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

"Sweetheart Contest" contestants at the Southern California Fair, Riverside, 1929

Victorious athlete float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1932

Elks Lodge marching band and "Uncle Sam Hat" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1928

"Hiawatha's wooing" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1929

"Enchanted Lands" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

"Chinese Barge" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

Member of a bagpipe band in Rose Parade, Pasadena, 1928

"Peter Rabbit" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1933

"Southern California Farm House" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

"Queen of the Fairies" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1933

Two women carrying a banner announcing the start of the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1929

"Portola Festival" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1930

Comedian Bob Hope talking to reporter as children look on at Los Angeles Times War Workers Golf Tournament, 1943

Service Clubs float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1929

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