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"Norse Ship at Anchor" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

Description:
The "Norse Ship at Anchor" float with 2 Norse warriors keeping guard. The Pasadena Memorial Flagpole (Goodhue Flagpole) is visible behind the float on the right in its original location in the middle of the intersection of Orange Grove and Colorado Boulevard. The float was entered by the Los Angeles County Fair.
Date:
January 1, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Norse Ship at Anchor" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

"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

"Goldilocks and the Three Bears" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1933

Description:
The "Goldilocks and the Three Bears," float has a "National Orange Show" floral sign on the side with a giant orange on wheels as a coach, driven by Mary Jayne Shorett, as Goldilocks, and pulled by the bears, with youths dressed as pages standing at the front of the float. A floral sign at the front of the float reads "San Bernardino." The float is seen at the intersection of Colorade Blvd. and Orange Grove Blvd. The float was sponsored by the San Bernardino Chamber of Commerce.
Date:
January 2, 1933
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Goldilocks and the Three Bears" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1933

"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

"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

"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

"King of Flowers" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1933

Description:
"King of Flowers" float entered by the Los Angeles County Fair, Pomona. "LA County Fair" is written in flowers on the side of the float. The float is drawn by 6 Norman horses from the Kellogg School of Animal Husbandry. The float was photographed on a side street on or near Orange Grove Blvd. before the start of the parade.
Date:
January 2, 1933
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"King of Flowers" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1933

Decorated automobile at the start of the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

Description:
Decorated automobile at the start of the Tournament of Roses Parade driven by a chauffeur and with 2 women in the back seat. The Pasadena Memorial Flagpole (Goodhue Flagpole) is visible behind the car in its original location in the middle of the intersection of Orange Grove and Colorado Boulevard.
Date:
January 1, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Decorated automobile at the start of the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934