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"Peacock" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

Description:
View of Santa Barbara's sweepstakes winning "Peacock" float with twins Marguerite and Mary Somerville reading fairy stories in a garden composed of 2 urns and a fountain at the front, mechanical peacocks and steps leading to a large peacock in the center, and classical structure with columns and more urns at the back. 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
"Peacock" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

"Dreams of Pasadena" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1931

Description:
"Dreams of Pasadena" float with a butterfly on top of stacked circular floral stages in front of the Tournament of Roses queen, Mary Lou Waddell, seated on a throne and with smaller butterflies on the sides of the float. Ropes of pink sweetpeas extend to 4 outwalkers. The float was entered by the Tournament of Roses and is seen at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd. with the Goodhue Flagpole in the background.
Date:
January 1, 1931
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Dreams of Pasadena" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1931

Grandstand view of floats at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

Description:
Grandstand view of the 3 floats rounding a curve at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.: "Pink Shell," submitted by Manhattan Beach, with Elnora Record seated in a large, pink shell riding the crest of a wave, with Helene Epperson and Charlotte Havlu costumed as mermaids riding surfboards, and 2 little girls, Barbara Mae Pitzer and Rosemary Dubarry seated on either side; "Benjamin Franklin" submitted by Altadena showing Benjamin Franklin (Howard J. Stevenson) and a young assistant (Mickey McCarty) working at a hand press; and Inglewood's "Pioneer Memorial" float with a scout on a prancing floral steed with pioneer women and scouts seated below (Helen Robbins, Jean Teel, Alice Carmichael, Betty Ann Earl and Barbara Ziegler).
Date:
January 1, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Snyder, Bill
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Grandstand view of floats at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

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

"Peacock" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1933

Description:
"Peacock" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade with a large floral peacock at the front, a fountain with white swans drinking in the middle, and the queen, Marjorie Wise with Betty Service and Gene Beerkle, maids in waiting seated in a pagoda-like structure at the back. Outwalkers carrying bouquets of roses, dressed as peacocks and attached to the float with pink ribbons. 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 the city of Long Beach.
Date:
January 2, 1933
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Peacock" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1933

Grand Marshal Admiral William Sowden Sims in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

Description:
Rose Parade Grand Marshal Admiral William Sowden Sims in a chauffeur driven automobile blanketed in flowers and greenery in the shape of a ship with an eagle at the front. The Pasadena Memorial Flagpole (Goodhue Flagpole) is visible behind the automobile in its original location in the middle of the intersection of Orange Grove and Colorado Boulevard.
Date:
January 1, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Grand Marshal Admiral William Sowden Sims in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

Mary Pickford, Grand Marshal of the Tournament of Roses Parade, in a flower-covered coach, Pasadena, 1933

Description:
Mary Pickford, Grand Marshal of the Rose Parade, in a white satin gown, seated in a coach covered in stevia, roses, sweet peas and gladioli, with a coachman and a footman, drawn by four white horses. The harness of the horses was covered in pink satin ribbon. The photograph was taken in front of the Pasadena Memorial Flagpole (Goodhue Flagpole) at the intersection of Colorado Blvd. and Orange Grove Blvd. Mary Pickford was the first woman and the first film industry professional to be a Grand Marshal of the parade.
Date:
January 2, 1933
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Mary Pickford, Grand Marshal of the Tournament of Roses Parade, in a flower-covered coach, Pasadena, 1933

"Golden Gate Bridge" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

Description:
The "Golden Gate Bridge" float with a replica of the bridge with the Marin and San Francisco shores on either side and 7 ships. 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 the city of San Francisco.
Date:
January 1, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Golden Gate Bridge" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

"Cinderella" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

Description:
"Cinderella" float with Barbara Williams in a lovely floral coach, entered by the Portland Rose Festival. Alice Robey was the coachman, Autumn Durst was the footman and two of the three men walking in front of the float may be William K. Hood, Prime Minister of the Royal Rosarians and Earl Perry, Prince Regent. 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
"Cinderella" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

Whittier's float "The Garden of Italy" in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1928

Description:
"The Garden of Italy" float with a floral fountain in the front supported by three women dressed in white: Violet Smith, Anna Lou Kimmel and Helen Smith. Trains of mytle and roses, flowing from the back of the float, are carried by five outwalkers: Margaret Leslie, Irina Richardson, Anna Hoogerzeil [Parker], Louise Logan and Bernice Baily. Reported in "SOUTHLAND PAYS HOMAGE AT SHRINE OF FLOWERS: Miracle of Golden Sunshine Signal for Public Acclaim of 500,000 at Pasadena Tournament," Allen, Roy E.  Los Angeles Times, 03 Jan 1928: Part II.
Date:
January 2, 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Whittier's float "The Garden of Italy" in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1928

"Orange is King" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1930

Description:
"Orange is King" float with an enthroned orange king and 2 heralds, pulled by a train engine with the date of the National Orange Show in San Bernardino on the side "Feb. 13-29." Gordon Elliott is the king and Nancy Caswell and Alta Faulkner are the heralds. The float is at the intersection of Colorado Boulevard and Orange Grove Blvd.
Date:
January 1, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Orange is King" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1930

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