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"Japan" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1932

Description:
The "Japan" float features a torii gate at the front, followed by a bridge spanning a pond with water lilies, a pagoda and a nagare-zukuri style shrine. Three riders in Japanese dress are visible. The float was entered by East Pasadena and the Pasadena Japanese Community and 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
"Japan" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1932

"Conquest of India by Alexander the Great" float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

Description:
A floral replica of an Indian temple on the back with Alice Williams and Anna McDougal as veiled princesses seated on the steps, and two floral chargers pulling Alexander, played by Sammy Schwartz, in a golden chariot in the front. The float was entered by the Pasadena Water Dept. The float is seen at the intersection of Colorado Boulevard and Orange Grove Blvd
Date:
January 1, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Snyder, Bill
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Conquest of India by Alexander the Great" float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

"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

Lady Beaverbrook and daughter Jane Aitken seated in wicker chairs at the Huntington Hotel, Pasadena, 1927

Description:
Lady Beaverbrook (left) and her daughter Janet Aitken sit in wicker chairs in the hotel hallway, with room 419 on their right. Lady Beaverbrook looks directly at the camera, with her right arm on the chair's armrest. Janet sits with her legs crossed and her eyes cast to the left and downward. A similar image taken on the same occasion appears with the article "Peeress Visits Southland: Here With Daughter to Regain Health," Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 1927: A1.
Date:
January 11, 1927
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Lady Beaverbrook and daughter Jane Aitken seated in wicker chairs at the Huntington Hotel, Pasadena, 1927

"Queen Elizabeth" float at Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, California, 1936

Description:
Court life of the period of Queen Elizabeth is the theme of this float with Dorothy Haggen as the Queen and a court guard in front of her. The float signage reads "L. A. County Fair" and "Pomona." The float is seen at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
Date:
January 1, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Snyder, Bill
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Queen Elizabeth" float at Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, California, 1936

"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