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"Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI" float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

Description:
View of South Pasadena's float at 1936 Tournament of Roses Parade which depicts the court of Louis XVI (Robert de Golia) and Marie Antoinette (Mary Bellerue) in a garden at Versailles with a peacock at the front, and with 2 ladies in waiting (Jeanette Thompson and Mary Jean Lloyd). The float is guarded by out-walkers costumed as Nubian servants. Winner of sweepstakes award at parade.
Date:
January 1, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
"Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI" float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

"Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI" float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

Description:
View of South Pasadena's float at 1936 Tournament of Roses Parade which depicts the court of Louis XVI (Robert de Golia) and Marie Antoinette (Mary Bellerue) in a garden at Versailles with a peacock at the front, and with 2 ladies in waiting (Jeanette Thompson and Mary Jean Lloyd). The float is guarded by out-walkers costumed as Nubian servants. Winner of sweepstakes award at parade.. 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
"Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI" float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

Alabama Crimson Tide football team arriving at the Pasadena train station for 1938 Rose Bowl Game, December 24, 1937

Description:
The Alabama Crimson Tide football team arriving at the Pasadena train station for their appearance in the 24th Rose Bowl game. Alabama lost the game (13-0) to the California Golden Bears from UC Berkeley, ending a four game winning streak in Rose Bowl appearances for the Crimson Tide.
Date:
[December 24, 1937]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Alabama Crimson Tide football team arriving at the Pasadena train station for 1938 Rose Bowl Game, December 24, 1937

Will Rogers Commemorative float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

Description:
A tribute to Will Rogers, following his death the previous year, at the 1936 Tournament of Roses Parade, surrounded by an unknown number of spectators. A tribute by the Union Oil Company, the float depicts a riderless horse in front of a large star to represent Rogers's career. The float won the grand prize award for the parade.
Date:
January 1, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Will Rogers Commemorative float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

Lockheed employees and members of the International Association of Machinists prepare a model aircraft to be used on a float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1946

Description:
The float was sponsored by the International Association of Machinists, District Lodge 727, and engineers from the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. The float was used in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade in 1946 and featured five women representing one of the "Big Five" nations: the United States, England, France, China, and Russia.
Date:
January 1, 1946
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Lockheed employees and members of the International Association of Machinists prepare a model aircraft to be used on a float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1946

"Little America" float in the Toutnament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

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
"Little America" float in the Toutnament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

Crowds gather in Pasadena to see the arrival of the 200-inch lens for the future Hale Telescope, largest in the world when completed. April 10, 1936.

Description:
Crowds gather as the 20-ton, 200-inch lens for what would be the Hale Telescope arrives in Pasadena, CA, after a cross-country rail trip from Corning, NY. The giant lens was made from Pyrex, then a new material, by the Corning Glass Works company. Astronomer George Ellery Hale, one of the founders of the California Institute of Technology, secured a $6 million grant from the Rockefeller Institute to build both an observatory and a telescope with a 200-inch primary mirror, to be administered through Cal Tech. Hale built his observatory on Mt. Palomar in San Diego County, 90 miles southeast from the Mt. Wilson observatory in Pasadena, which Hale had also founded in 1904. Construction of the Hale telescope was delayed by World War II, and the telescope did not see its first light until January 26, 1949. George Hale died in 1938, and thus did not see his dream of the world's largest telescope come to fruition in his lifetime.
Date:
April 10, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Crowds gather in Pasadena to see the arrival of the 200-inch lens for the future Hale Telescope, largest in the world when completed. April 10, 1936.

200-inch, 20-ton lens for the future Hale Telescope, after its arrival in Pasadena, CA. Circa April 10, 1936.

Description:
The 20-ton, 200-inch lens for what would be the Hale Telescope after its arrival in Pasadena, CA, following a cross-country rail trip from Corning, NY. The giant waffle-patterned lens was made from Pyrex, then a new material, by the Corning Glass Works company. Astronomer George Ellery Hale, one of the founders of the California Institute of Technology, secured a $6 million grant from the Rockefeller Institute to build both an observatory and a telescope with a 200-inch primary mirror, to be administered through Cal Tech. Hale built his observatory on Mt. Palomar in San Diego County, 90 miles southeast from the Mt. Wilson observatory in Pasadena, which Hale had also founded in 1904. Construction of the Hale telescope was delayed by World War II, and the telescope did not see its first light until January 26, 1949. George Hale died in 1938, and thus did not see the telescope that bears his name completed.
Date:
[circa April 10, 1936]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
200-inch, 20-ton lens for the future Hale Telescope, after its arrival in Pasadena, CA. Circa April 10, 1936.

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