Location: Pasadena (Calif.) / Subject: Parades & processions--California--Pasadena and Culture - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: The theme of the 1934 Rose Parade was: Tales of the Seven Seas. It rained during the parade that year.
Date:: January 1, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: The theme of the 1934 Rose Parade was: Tales of the Seven Seas. It rained during the parade that year.
Date:: January 1, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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 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 city of San Diego.
Date:: January 1, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Float representing the China clipper airplane with 'Los Angeles' and 'China Clipper' written on it viewed by crowd to celebrate Los Angeles Pacific air connections. The float is seen at the intersection of Colorado Boulevard and Orange Grove Blvd.
Date:: January 1, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: The theme for the forty-seventh Rose Parade was "History in Flowers"
Date:: January 1, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Laguna Beach's entry float of flowers arranged into image of humorist Will Rogers, to commemorate his 1935 death, at staging area on S. Orange Grove Blvd.
Date:: January 1, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Venice float at 1936 Tournament of Roses Parade in staging area probably on S. Orange Grove Blvd. The float depicts a gondola surrounded by mermaids.
Date:: January 1, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Float with Rose Queen and attendants on board in staging area of Tournament of Roses Parade
Date:: January 1, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: The first base was established in 1929, while the last, Little America V, was established in 1956 at Kainan Bay. Little America II was established in 1934, and during the 1934-1935 expedition, many souvenir letters were sent from Little America, using a commemorative postage stamp issued by the U.S. government. Glendale's float received a special award, a consolation prize after the float's entry having been delayed en route to the parade.
Date:: January 1, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: The "A Sea of Sand" float was preceded by 4 thoroughbred Arabian horses and two camels, "ships of the desert." In addition to its title, the float also bears the floral sign "The Dessert Playground." A woman in a bathing suit stands on the float, braving the rain. The float was entered by the city of Palm Springs. The float is seen is seen passing the Goodhue Flagpole in the center of the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
Date:: January 1, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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