Viking ship float with a dragon figurehead for the bow and guided 8 Viking maids. This image is a detail of the dragon figurehead with one Viking maiden.
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.
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 is seen passing the Goodhue Flagpole at the intersection of Orange Grove. Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
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.
Close-up of Rose Parade Queen, Muriel Cowan, and 4 attendants on the back of the "Firebird" float, against the domed Russian mosques (the 6 attendants were Dorothy Bruce, Emily Bettainer, Lynn Smith, Shirley Chamberlain, Catherine Butler and Lucille Spelts).
View down the Rose Parade route on West Colorado Blvd. from St. John Avenue, facing east, towards spectators and a marching band. The Orth Storage commercial building on the right is was located at 238 W. Colorado Blvd. Opposite is a commercial sign reading "Chrysler Plymouth." This block later became a freeway overpass.
Three men on horseback in the Rose Parade, with the center rider lifting his hat to two spectators standing in the street. Behind him area spectators in grandstand seating. View down Colorado Blvd. facing west with the Goodhue Flagpole at the intersection with Orange Grove Blvd. in the distance on the left.
Rose Parade spectators in a 2-tiered grandstand with pine tree and San Gabriel Mountains in background on the north side of Colorado Blvd. at St. John Avenue. This block later became a freeway overpass. The dome of Pasadena City Hall is to the left of the lamp post.
Spectators on the route of the Rose Parade. A sign reads: "Xmas week, Dec. 26-Jan. 1, Merchants Indoor Carnival in Carmelita Gardens, Free, Prizes, Entertainment, Music"
The "Southern California Farm House" float is formed of cornflowers and white flowers with a garden in front and a rising sun behind the house. The float riders are Lois Weston and Leland and James Clemson. The El Monte entry is seen at the intersection of Orange Grove blvd. and Colorado Blvd. with the Goodhue Flagpole in the background on the right.
The float entered by the city of Laguna Beach features an artist (Frank Cuprien) working on a large floral canvas as 3 mermaids gaze at the spectators from the front of the float (June Storey, Phyllis Jones and Nevalle Anne Ropp). The float is seen at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
"River of Destiny" float shows the Colorado River flowing from heather and pompom mountains at the back, through desert and a channel in another mountain to a land of flowers. Two little girls, June Muhleman and Jane Putney, play in the flowers. The float was entered by the Metropolitan Water District. 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.
"River of Destiny" float shows the Colorado River flowing from heather and pompom mountains at the back, through desert and a channel in more mountains to a land of flowers. Two little girls, June Muhleman and Jane Putney, play in the flowers. The float was entered by the Metropolitan Water District and is shown here at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
View of the "Rainbow Fleet" float with three floral sailboats guided by Shirley Bloomfield, Virginia Shreiber and Jean Carroll Christian next to a tall light house. The float was entered by the Hotel Coronado and is seen at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
Pan (Adrian Massa) seated on a hill with a wilderness behind him and a field and a shepherd seated on a rock at the front. A little boy is perched at the top of the wilderness area at the back. The float was entered by the city of Monrovia.
Float rendition of a monster pelican 25 feet long and 15 feet high composed of white pompom and chrysanthemums. The float was entered by the city of Manhattan Beach and is seen here at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
View 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 at the front, mechanical peacocks and steps leading to a large peacock in the center, and classical structure with columns and more urns at the back. The float was photographed at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
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.
In a floral garden, the Chinese moon gate is rendered as a bamboo gate within a floral arch with Helen Anthony in a Chinese headdress, silk jacket and trousers standing beneath the arch and Charlotte Havlu in a Chinese robe seated on the steps. The float was entered by the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce.
The float inspired by the opera "Martha," adapted from the Flotow ballet, features the characters Lionel and Martha in garden in front of a farmhouse. The float was entered by Los Angeles County.
Close-up view of a Manon Harder in a gown and veil next to the chrysanthemum Firebird on the Rose Queen's float. The Ms. Harder was one of the outwalkers for the float.
Close-up view of a little girl seated on a float, possibly the "A Midsummer Night's Dream" float, wearing a costume with a satin bodice, tutu skirt and light wings. The house in the background indicates that the float is on Orange Grove Blvd., probably before the start of the Rose Parade.
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.
The float features Father Time, Donald Simpson, leaning on his scythe standing in front of a floral hour glass, with a Happy New Year, Bobby Shields, seated nearby. The float was entered by the Pasadena Junior Chamber of Commerce.
The float features Father Time, Donald Simpson, leaning on his scythe standing in front of a floral hour glass, with Bobby Shields personifying Happy New Year, seated nearby. The float was entered by the Pasadena Junior Chamber of Commerce. View facing east towards along the Rose Parade route on West Colorado Blvd. probably between St. John Avenue and Pasadena Avenue (which became a freeway underpass) with the tall Orth Storage building (at 238 W. Colorado Blvd.) visible on the right.
Related to the article, "Parade Set by Knights: Templars to Maneuver When Masonic Bodies meet in Pasadena Today," Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 1935: A11.
Related to the article, "Parade Set by Knights: Templars to Maneuver When Masonic Bodies meet in Pasadena Today," Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 1935: A11.
The "Iris and the Rainbow" float, entered by the city of Altadena, with Betty Wilcox as Iris holding the streamer attached to six floral peacocks, accompanied by 4 flower girls (Janet Horning, Joan Smith, Anna Kelly and Marion Rutan) all beneath a wide floral rainbow.
The "Iris and the Rainbow" float, entered by the city of Altadena, with Betty Wilcox as Iris holding the streamer attached to six floral peacocks, accompanied by 4 flower girls (Janet Horning, Joan Smith, Anna Kelly and Marion Rutan) all beneath a wide floral rainbow. The float was photographed at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
Close-up of Helen Waters on the "Birds of Paradise" float, seated between the floral birds at the end of the float. The float was entered by the city of Los Angeles and was photographed on Orange Grove Blvd. before the start of the parade.
The Ford Dealers float displays a globe with the continents delineated, flanked by stylized wings and four visible float riders. The float was photographed at the corner of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
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.
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 four outwalkers in gowns and veils are also visible, including Manon Harder in front on the left.
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.
The "Enchanted Lands" float features a large floral replica of the California Building (a Spanish Colonial building designed for the by architect Bertram Goodhue for the 1915-1917 Panama–California Exposition held in San Diego to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal) with a bell tower and dome reproduced with yellow, white and bronze chrysanthemums. A sign on the side of the float reads "San Diego, World Exposition City, 1935." On the visible corners of the float are float riders in costume with decorations featuring (L to R) a Spanish-American mission, a Chinese bridge, and a South Seas palm. The Goodhue Flagpole at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd. is visible behind the float.
"Cinderella" float with Barbara Williams in a lovely floral coach, entered by the Portland Rose Festival. Alice Robey was the coachman, Autumn Durst was the footman and two of the three men walking in front of the float may be William K. Hood, Prime Minister of the Royal Rosarians and Earl Perry, Prince Regent. The float was photographed at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
The "Celestial Dragon" float features a floral dragon on a stairway, coiled around a pagoda. The float was entered by the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company and was photographed at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
Milk flows from a large tilted bottle tended by a milk maid (Dorothy Bowster) on the "California Poppies" float entered by the Golden State Milk Co. The milk bottle rests on a large poppy. Float riders are seated in large poppies on the front of the float and another rider is seated on a throne behind the milk bottle. The float riders are: Sue Ann Eschmeyer, Anniece Achieris, Maxine Bennett, May Jane Bowser and Joan Davids. The float was photographed at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
View of the float rendering the myth of Bellerophon slaying the Chimera, at the front, with Pegasus looking on from a hill, with 2 visible maidens in gowns seated against a sunrise and the back of the float (Lydette Everard, Georgette Blanc and Carol Glass were on the float). The float was entered by the General Petroleum Corporation and was photographed at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd. with the Goodhue Flagpole on the far right.
Float depicting an Indian legend about an arrowhead, with a wigwam in a valley and Linda Martin as an Indian princess, Edward Scott as an evil spirit and David Scott as the Indian chief who shot the arrow to save the princess. Only one float rider (evil spirit or Indian chief) is visible in this photograph. The float was entered by the city of San Bernardino and the National Orange Show. The float was photographed at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd. with the Goodhue Flagpole on the far right.
View of a float commemorating the recent completion of the Angeles Forest Highway entered by the city of Antelope Valley. The float rider is Ann Steddom, a senior at Antelope Valley Joint Union High School, seated on a floral throne. Spectators view the parade from a grandstand on the right, located on the north side of Colorado Blvd. on the first block east of Orange Grove Blvd.
