Names: Sims, William Sowden, 1858-1936 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Rose Parade Grand Marshal Admiral William Sowden Sims in a chauffeur driven automobile blanketed in flowers and greenery in the shape of a ship with an eagle at the front. The Pasadena Memorial Flagpole (Goodhue Flagpole) is visible behind the automobile in its original location in the middle of the intersection of Orange Grove and Colorado Boulevard.
Date:: January 1, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: This is a photograph at the luncheon hosted after the Rose Parade by the Tournament of Roses Association in honor of former President Hoover and Admiral William S. Sims, grand marshal of the parade. In this picture, we can see Admiral David F. Sellers, Admiral William S. Sims, Mrs. Sims, Mrs. George S. Parker and Mrs. Winfield Schoaf.
Date:: Jan 1, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Admiral and Mrs. William S. Sims with an unidentified woman standing next to a train. Mrs. Sims holds a bouquet of roses. This photograph was probably taken in December of 1933 when Admiral Sims arrived in Pasadena to officiate as the Grand Marshal of the Tournament of Roses Parade.
Date:: December 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Admiral William S. Sims seated in a living room. This photograph was probably taken in December of 1933 when Admiral Sims was in Pasadena to officiate as the Grand Marshal of the Tournament of Roses Parade.
Date:: 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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