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"New Jersey" float before the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1928

Description:
"New Jersey" float showing Washington crossing the Delaware with a striking floral American flag in the boat, photographed on a residential street (probably S. Orange Grove Blvd.) before the start of the parade. Men dressed in the uniform of the Revolutionary Army are on the float and a soldier stands next to the float with a banner reading: "New Jersey." The float was entered by the city of Long Beach.
Date:
January 2, 1928
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"New Jersey" float before the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1928

"Sea Monster" (lobster?) float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

Description:
Described as a red sea monster in the Los Angeles Times parade review, the creature appears to be a lobster standing guard over "Captain Kid's Treasure Chest." 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, entered by the city of Ventura, was designed and constructed by nonprofessionals.
Date:
January 1, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Sea Monster" (lobster?) float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

"Firebird" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

Description:
The float of the Rose Parade Queen, Muriel Cowan, features a large Russian Firebird composed of yellow chrysanthemums and lavender sweet peas at the front and three Russian mosques with domes covered in yellow pompoms at the back, behind the queen's throne. The queen is accompanied by six attendants (Dorothy Bruce, Emily Bettainer, Lynn Smith, Shirley Chamberlain, Catherine Butler and Lucille Spelts) and three outwalkers in gowns and veils are also visible. 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
"Firebird" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

"Old Ironsides" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

Description:
The "Old Ironsides" float was a floral replica of the historic frigate of the American navy. 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 San Diego.
Date:
January 1, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Old Ironsides" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

"Peacock" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

Description:
Head-on view towards the front 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. The float is shown heading east on Colorado Blvd. on the first block east of Orange Grove Blvd. at the start of the parade route. The Goodhue Flagpole is visible behind the float.
Date:
January 1, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Peacock" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

"Orange is King" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1930

Description:
"Orange is King" float with an enthroned orange king and 2 heralds, pulled by a train engine with the date of the National Orange Show in San Bernardino on the side "Feb. 13-29." Gordon Elliott is the king and Nancy Caswell and Alta Faulkner are the heralds. The float is at the intersection of Colorado Boulevard and Orange Grove Blvd.
Date:
January 1, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Orange is King" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1930

"Venus" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

Description:
The Long Beach float with Venus, Virginia Johnson, in a sunburst throne with her attendants, Joan Slaughter, Margaret Burley, Mary Lou Turner and Gladys McCleary, dressed in Grecian robes in pastel shades. A huge peacock heads the float, with a fountain in the center supporting 2 green cockatoos with orchid tails. The float was photographerd at the intersection of Orange Grove. Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
Date:
January 1, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Venus" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

Camp Fire Girls "Miss Alsace-Lorraine" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1932

Description:
Anita Heft, visible from the waist up, wearing an Alsatian headdress and standing within a monumental floral Alsatian skirt probably supported by an automobile beneath. Walkers in front carry signs, one reading: "France / Pasadena Camp Fire Girls." 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
Camp Fire Girls "Miss Alsace-Lorraine" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1932

Camp Fire Girls "Miss Holland [?]" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1932

Description:
Young woman, seen from the waist up, in the costume of the country of Holland [?] with a white headdress and an enormous floral skirt and apron possibly, transported by an automobile within the skirt. The float, entered by the Pomona Valley Camp Fire Girls, is seen passing the Goodhue Flagpole in the center of the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
Date:
January 1, 1932
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Camp Fire Girls "Miss Holland [?]" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1932

"Pasadena Crown" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1926

Description:
Float with floral sign reading "Chamber of Commerce" in the Tournament of Roses Parade. On each corner of the float is a pergola column surmounted by a floral bouquet. There is a large, open crown in the center and there are 5 women in costume and one male driver. The float was entered by the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce.
Date:
January 1, 1926
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Pasadena Crown" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1926

Pasadena Banks float with a woman in a jewelry box in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1926

Description:
Float with a Miss Frank Alexander in an open jewelry box with a red satin lining and a strand of pearls half out of the box in the Tournament of Roses Parade. Floral signs on the float include "Safe Keeping" on the lid of the jewelry box and "Banks" on the front. Signs on the corner commercial building behind the float read: "Latest Model Cars for Hire Without Drivers...," "Pasadena Vulcan...g Works," and "Hotel Franklin." Spectators are standing along the parade route and on top of the corner building.
Date:
January 1, 1926
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Pasadena Banks float with a woman in a jewelry box in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1926

Arden float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1933

Description:
Floral birds pulling a float with a large globe in the center and three floral parasols above platforms at the back providing shade for 2 visible maidens. Atop the globe is a uniformed man with "Adore" (probably for Adore Dairy) written on the back of his shirt. The float is seen passing the Goodhue Flagpole at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
Date:
January 2, 1933
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Arden float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1933

"Venus" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

Description:
Birdeseye view of the Long Beach float with Venus, Virginia Johnson, in a sunburst throne with her attendants, Joan Slaughter, Margaret Burley, Mary Lou Turner and Gladys McCleary, dressed in Grecian robes in pastel shades. A huge peacock heads the float, with a fountain in the center supporting 2 green cockatoos with orchid tails.
Date:
January 1, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Venus" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

"Legend of the Chrysanthemum" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

Description:
View of the "Legend of the Chrysanthemum" with Fugi Fugikawa in a flower petal kimono and carrying a parasol made of blossoms standing on a bridge of red pompoms over a pool of blue delphiniums. The scene is completed with a white narcissus heron, a tree and stepping stones of bronze pompoms. The float was entered by the Burbank City Schools and is shown passing the Goodhue Flagpole at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
Date:
January 1, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Legend of the Chrysanthemum" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

"Firebird" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

Description:
Spectators next to the float of the Rose Parade Queen, Muriel Cowan, featuring a large Russian Firebird composed of yellow chrysanthemums and lavender sweet peas at the front and three Russian mosques with domes covered in yellow pompoms at the back, behind the queen's throne. The float was photographed on Orange Grove Blvd., probably before the start of the parade.
Date:
January 1, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Firebird" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935