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Tribute float to Will Rogers at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

Description:
Float created as a tribute to Will Rogers shows a white horse, probably Soapsuds, with a lowered head and empty saddle, its reins trailing on the ground, on a raised platform. A radiant star is behind Soapsuds and a U. S. flag is draped on the platform in front of him. The float was entered by the Union Oil Company.
Date:
January 1, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Snyder, Bill
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Tribute float to Will Rogers at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

Carmelita Park, Pasadena, [1934?]

Description:
Possibly related to the article “The Southland’s Oldest Memory Garden, Soaring Trees Are Pioneer’s Fine Monument, Early Pasadenan’s Love of Nature Attested by Park Grove.” Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 1934. The article states: … Carmelita Gardens, once a private estate, now a part of the Crown City municipal park system … on West Colorado Street …
Date:
[1934?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Carmelita Park, Pasadena, [1934?]

"Adohrable Babies" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1932

Description:
"Adhorable Babies" float carrying 18 children in a golden, cup-shaped trophy in the center with a floral sign reading "Our Future Champions" and 29 children on the main platform dressed in costumes of different countries competing in Olympiads. The float is decorated with shields ornamented to look like coats of arms with carnations and pigeons were steadily released from the trophy during the parade. The float was lead by another small float in the form of a swan (image no. 21198/zz002cp5vz) and was entered by the Adohr Creamery Company. the float location in the image is the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
Date:
January 1, 1932
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Adohrable Babies" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1932

South Gate float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

Description:
A multi-tiered float features ten women. In the center, Mrs. Joseph Parr "playing" the harp, Patricia Shaw seated in the back, and behind her two trumpeters, Donna Mullenger and Saraine Furie. The six other women on the float are, in no order: Josephine Larusso, Leona M. Roberts, Jeanne Hutchens, Mary Henderson, Gloria Crocker, and Dorothy Brown.
Date:
January 2, 1939
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
South Gate float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

Lady Beaverbrook and daughter Jane Aitken at the Huntington Hotel, Pasadena, 1927

Description:
Lady Beaverbrook (left) and daughter Jane Aitken stand in a hotel hallway between room 418 and Room 419 with two wicker chairs behind them. Each wears a dropwaist dress and a pearl necklace. This image appears with the article "Peeress Visits Southland: Here With Daughter to Regain Health," Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 1927: A1.
Date:
January 11, 1927
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Lady Beaverbrook and daughter Jane Aitken at the Huntington Hotel, Pasadena, 1927