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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

"Neptune's Chariot" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

Description:
View of the "Neptune's Chariot" float with a giant sea turtle pulling a shell chariot. The sea god and 2 attendants are absent due to the rain. 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 Texaco company.
Date:
January 1, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Neptune's Chariot" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

"Egyptian Barge" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1926

Description:
The "Egyptian barge" float is canopied with vines and flowers and features Martha Meserole as Queen of the Rose Maidens. "South Pasadena" appears in floral letters on the side of a float with a verdant hill covered by an awning and with girls in costume seated in a bower at the end. This was the first entry for the city of South Pasadena.
Date:
January 1, 1926
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Egyptian Barge" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1926

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

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

Southern California Lions Club float 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 theme of this float was "The end of a perfect day." The riders include Mrs. Jack Riley (enthroned), Gwendolyn Greeley, and Dorothy Cittell. Reported in "FLOAT BEAUTY SETS MARK...," Los Angeles Times, 02 Jan. 1927: 1.
Date:
January 1, 1927
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Southern California Lions Club float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1927

"Bride of the Sea" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

Description:
The "Bride of the Sea" float representing a beautiful young maiden riding beneath a floral canopy. 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 Santa Monica.
Date:
January 1, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Bride of the Sea" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

"Olympic rowing events" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1932

Description:
The Long Beach float features rowing events to be held in the forthcoming 1932 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, showing 5 children in a floral racing shell with Miss Long Beach (Margaret Pittrof) and her court (Evelyn Stirdivant, Marjory Forsyth, Lorraint McCling and Dorothy Rossback) looking on from her floral throne. The children are: Roberta Johnson, Virginia Turner, Gloria Progue, Barbara Cordell, and Brownie Dell. The float is shown at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
Date:
January 1, 1932
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Olympic rowing events" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1932

"California Poppies" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

Description:
Milk flows from a large tilted bottle tended by a milk maid (Dorothy Bowster) on the "California Poppies" float entered by the Golden State Milk Co. The milk bottle rests on a large poppy. Float riders are seated in large poppies on the front of the float and another rider is seated on a throne behind the milk bottle. The float riders are: Sue Ann Eschmeyer, Anniece Achieris, Maxine Bennett, May Jane Bowser and Joan Davids. 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
OpenUCLA Collections
"California Poppies" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

Elsie Kellogg, Jean Kennedy, and Elinor Jordan lounge on a diving board pool, Pasadena, 1935

Description:
Socialites Elsie Kellogg, Jean Kennedy, and Elinor Jordan, sit atop a low-level diving board of a swimming pool at The Huntington Hotel (now The Langham Huntington Hotel). Kellogg wears a dress while Kennedy and Jordan don skirts and blouses. In the background, the rest of the pool, pool chairs, and shrubbery can be seen. The wealthy Kellogg family was visiting from Chicago and stayed in Pasadena, where they passed the time with the locals. Kellogg's profile image in the related article comes from this photograph. Kellogg was incorrectly captioned as "Kennedy" on the negative sleeve. The article also incorrectly names Elinor Jordan as "Eleanor."
Date:
October 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Elsie Kellogg, Jean Kennedy, and Elinor Jordan lounge on a diving board pool, Pasadena, 1935

"Dream in a Bed of Roses" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1931

Description:
View of the "Dream in a Bed of Roses" float with float rider Marjorie Douville seated on large, curtained floral bed flanked by tall vases with long-stemmed roses. The float was entered by the city and county of San Francisco. The Goodhue Flagpole at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd. is visible behind the float on the left.
Date:
January 1, 1931
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Dream in a Bed of Roses" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1931

Bobby Grayson passes the football during Stanford's pre-Rose Bowl practice, Pasadena, circa 1934

Description:
The Stanford football team runs through drills at Brookside Park prior to the 1935 Rose Bowl game. At center, Bobby Grayson throws the football. It sails through the air towards the left. Players involved in the drill stand on the field to the left of Grayson. More players line up behind and to the right of Grayson. The far side of the practice field is lined by hedges. Spectators stand in front of the hedges at right and some peek over the hedges at left.
Date:
[circa December 27-29, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Bobby Grayson passes the football during Stanford's pre-Rose Bowl practice, Pasadena, circa 1934

Golfer Walter Hagen, Max Turner and Helen Robinson cutting cake at the 4th annual Pasadena Open tournament, Pasadena, 1931-1932

Description:
Professional golfer Walter Hagen has the third highest count of major victories of all time (behind Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods). Max Turner was co-owner of the Turner and Stevens undertakers, a director of the Pasadena Department of Recreation and a director of the Community Playhouse. Helen Robinson had recently won the Sweetest Girl Contest in Chicago and was acting with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Date:
[December 1931-January 1932]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Golfer Walter Hagen, Max Turner and Helen Robinson cutting cake at the 4th annual Pasadena Open tournament, Pasadena, 1931-1932

"Atlantis" float in the Tournament Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

Description:
The "Atlantis" float renders a rowboat approaching the castle of the queen of the lost land. 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 Firestone Tire and Rubber Company.
Date:
January 1, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Atlantis" float in the Tournament Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934