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Description:: The theme of the 1928 Rose Parade was a League of Nations in flowers
Date:: January 2, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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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:: 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

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

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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