Location: Pasadena (Calif.) / Names: Pickford, Mary, 1892-1979 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

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

Description:: Eight members of the traveling ducal party on the platform of the last car on the train. The train is called the California Santa Fe Limited, as per the railing sign. The Duke and Duchess of Alba stand at the center with one woman in between them. The Duchess grasps the hand of Mary Pickford, who is on the ground. Douglas Fairbanks stands to Mary's left, looking up at the Duchess. Photo appears with the article "Alba Promises to Return," Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 1924: A12.
Date:: October 13, 1924
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: View of eight members of the traveling ducal party on the platform of the last car of a train. A circular sign bears the name of the train, "California Santa Fe Limited." The Duke and Duchess of Alba stand at the center, with one woman in between them. The three look down at their two hosts on the ground, the actors Douglas Fairbanks (L) and Mary Pickford (R). Reported in "Alba Promises to Return," Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 1924: A12.
Date:: October 13, 1924
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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