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Models in fur-trimmed coat, sailor-style dress, Times Fashion Show, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Two women, one in fur-trimmed coat, hat, and plaid scarf, one in long fitted satin sailor-style dress and captain's hat, standing in hallway. The fachion show took place in the Los Angeles Times building on 202 West 1st Street, most likely inside what is now the Harry Chandler Auditorium.
Date:
1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Models in fur-trimmed coat, sailor-style dress, Times Fashion Show, Los Angeles, 1936

Model Diana Gibson in chenille dress and fur coat, Times Fashion Show, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Diana Gibson in long chenille dress, fur coat, and headdress, with orchid at shoulder, standing in hallway. The fachion show took place in the Los Angeles Times building on 202 West 1st Street, most likely inside what is now the Harry Chandler Auditorium. Written on a piece of paper tacked to the door behind her is: "20th Century-Fox, R-K-O. [Warn]er Bros., Universal, M-G-M, [Uni]ted Artists, ...ter Wanger"
Date:
1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Model Diana Gibson in chenille dress and fur coat, Times Fashion Show, Los Angeles, 1936

"Dawn" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

Description:
"Dawn" float with 4 white horses in flowers drawing a golden chariot driven by Apollo, portrayed by Warren Jones. Behind Apollo is a representation of the dawn with a rising sun on Mount Olympus. 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 Pasadena Water Department.
Date:
January 1, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Dawn" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

"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

Stagecoach bound for the Santa Barbara Old Spanish Days Fiesta, Los Angeles, 1932

Description:
Los Angeles Mayor John C. Porter bids farewell to group in 19th century costumes departing Los Angeles in a stagecoach for the 2-day journey to the Old Spanish Days Fiesta in Santa Barbara, where they were to participate in the parade and deliver an invitation to the Los Angeles World Congress of Rough Riders and Rodeo. The group includes: (front, L to R) Hilton McCabe, Francis Josef Hickson (stage actor), Marion Parks (California history advocate), John C. Porter, Thomas Workman Temple (early California family member), (in coach, L to R) Miss Irene Tillinghast (of the Los Angeles Museum of History and Science), Orpha Klinker (California artist), (on top) Jose Arias, left, and his celebrated Mexican orchestra (Jose Arias Troubadours) holding guitars and possibly a mandolin, with driver Buster Trow (silent Westerns actor). "U.S. Mail" and "Louisville and..." are painted on the stagecoach.
Date:
August 16, 1932
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Stagecoach bound for the Santa Barbara Old Spanish Days Fiesta, Los Angeles, 1932

Alberti Corral, Adriana Galvez, and William Gill rehearsing for Mexican independence commemoration festival, 1935

Description:
View of Alberti Corral, left, standing in hat, collared blouse, pants, holding guitar, Adriana Galvez, middle, standing in hat, dress, shawl, holding castanets, William Gill, right, standing in hat, embellished jacket and pants. To celebrate the 125th anniversary of Hidalgo proclaiming the freedom of Mexico, the Mexicans of Los Angeles partook in two days of planned balls, barbeques, and parades.
Date:
September 14, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Alberti Corral, Adriana Galvez, and William Gill rehearsing for Mexican independence commemoration festival, 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

National Orange Show exhibit at the Southern California Fair, Riverside, 1929

Description:
National Orange Show exhibit at the Southern California Fair consisting of classicizing caryatid statues beneath a floral dome, with a sign reading "National Orange Show" around the ring base, supported by 4 columns. The base is formed by oranges and flowers. A sign at the base reads: "20th National Orange Show, San Bernardino, February 13th to 23rd 1930, California's Greatest Midwinter Event." Another sign at the base reads: "This is a complimentary Exhibit not entered in competition." The exhibit is in a tent with a slope of orange-filled crates in the background.
Date:
September 24, 1929
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
National Orange Show exhibit at the Southern California Fair, Riverside, 1929

"Celestial Dragon" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

Description:
The "Celestial Dragon" float features a floral dragon on a stairway, coiled around a pagoda. A float rider in a Chinese dress and lovely headdress is visible (Violet Leong or Midred Ginn). The float was designed by E. M. Pitzer and was entered by the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company and was photographed at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
Date:
January 1, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Celestial Dragon" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935