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Description:: The Rose Parade, also known as the Tournament of Roses Parade, is part of "America's New Year Celebration" held New Year's Day. It was used to showcase California’s mild winter weather, and encourage migration from the East and the Midwest. Early precursors to the parade had horse-drawn carriages covered in flowers, followed by foot races, polo matches, and a game of tug-of-war on the town lot. Upon seeing the scores of flowers on display, one professor decided to suggest the name "Tournament of Roses." The first official parade was in 1895.
Date:: January 01, 1901
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: The women are identified as Miss Laing, Miss H. Laing, Miss Jessie McCamment, Mrs. Thomas French, Miss Grace Veder, Miss Pauline Miller, Miss Marjorie Ward, Mlle. Chevaleau, Miss Rosamond Porter, Miss Cobb and Mrs. Southard. ("Floral riches run riot: Gardens give of loveliest for grand display ...," Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 1908: 112)
Date:: January 01, 1908
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: Image depicting an early model automobile covered with foliage. Robert Gaylord (possibly African American) is in the driver's seat of a Milwaukee horseless carriage, dressed in a suit and cap. The car is in a driveway with a house in the background. This was the first year that there were automobiles in the Tournament of Roses parade.
Date:: January 01, 1901
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: The Rose Parade, also known as the Tournament of Roses Parade, is part of "America's New Year Celebration" held New Year's Day. It was used to showcase California’s mild winter weather, and encourage migration from the East and the Midwest. Early precursors to the parade had horse-drawn carriages covered in flowers, followed by foot races, polo matches, and a game of tug-of-war on the town lot. Upon seeing the scores of flowers on display, one professor decided to suggest the name "Tournament of Roses." The first official parade was in 1895.
Date:: January 01,1902
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: Harrison Gray Otis was the president and general manager of the Times-Mirror Company, and the publisher of the Los Angeles Times. He became a brigadier general of volunteers during the Spanish-American War. Otis, donated his home to the Los Angeles County to be used “continuously and perpetually for the Arts and advancement of the Arts,” which led to the founding of the Otis Art Institute (Otis College of Art and Design).
Date:: January 01, 1902
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: Undated photograph of a Rose Parade float with footmen dressed as roosters and equestrians in Spanish colonial and indigenous American costumes. Among the spectators, the women wear long dresses and hats, indicating a pre-1920 date for this event.
Date:: [1910-1920]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: The float is a reproduction of the San Gabriel Mission with members of the cast of the Mission Play dressed in costumes. Three outwalkers dressed as monks are visible. The float was entered by the Mission Play.
Date:: January 1, 1924
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Dr. C. S. Howe was an honorary marshal in the Rose Parade on January 2, 1939, and rode in the second division. He rode in the 1937 Rose Parade as well, with the fifth division.
Date:: [circa December 29, 1938]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Outrider on horseback dressed as frontiersmen in front of the "Blazing the Trail Westward" float. A teepee is visible on the float behind him. The float was sponsored by the Western Auto Supply Company.
Date:: January 2, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: The theme of the 1936 forty-seventh annual Rose Parade was "History in Flowers."
Date:: January 1, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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