Names: Tournament of Roses / Subject: Spectators--California--Pasadena and Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Will Rogers commemorative float at Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

Description:: Laguna Beach's entry of a float of flowers arranged into image of humorist Will Rogers, to commemorate his 1935 death, as seen by crowd at 1936 Tournament of Roses 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

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

Ventura Chamber parade float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

Description:: Ventura's float portrayed the "Institution of the Saturday Night Bath," made of chrysanthemums and poinsettias. The front reads, "SAT. NITE BATH."
Date:: January 2, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

United Service Clubs float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

Description:: The United Service Clubs Rose Parade theme float was "Schooldays." It featured a schoolhouse on a hill, with an arbor and a well. Those riding on the float were; Beth MacLeod, 12; Betty Goodman, 12; Phyllis Newcomer, 12; Jeannette Selph, 14; and Jimmy McNary, 7.
Date:: January 2, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

Description:: Different photographs taken on the same occasion appear with the article, "Rose Parade Awes 1,250,000," Los Angeles Times, 03 Jan 1939: 1.
Date:: January 2, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Tournament of Roses parade float passing down East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, 1941

Description:: Photograph of a parade float passing down East Colorado Boulevard during the Tournament of Roses parade in Pasadena. The float is in the near distance at center. It features an anthropomorphized orange wearing a crown and holding out a basket of oranges. Along the skirt of the float it reads, "[...]DINO NATIONAL ORANGE SHOW." The float is partially obscured at left by the back of a spectator's head. Banners and other regalia hang from a line spanning over the street. Spectators line the opposite side of the street. Across the street at left is "HOWARD AUTOMOBI[...]," and at right is, "[undecipherable] BARBER SHOP."
Date:: January 1, 1941
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958
Collection:: West (H. H.) Collection

"Taj Mahal" float from Santa Barbara at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

Description:: Santa Barbara fashioned a 50-foot replica of the Taj Mahal out of roses, chrysanthemums, and lotus flowers as their parade entry. It took home first prize in the Class A-1 division.
Date:: January 2, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

South Gate float at Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

Description:: South Gate's Rose Parade float is seen in the foreground. Its theme was "Memories in Music" and it had a sound feature as well as a floral harp, trumpets, and a recorder. South Pasadena's entry is seen in the background.
Date:: January 2, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

South Gate float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

Description:: A multi-tiered float features ten women. In the center, Mrs. Joseph Parr "playing" the harp, Patricia Shaw seated in the back, and behind her two trumpeters, Donna Mullenger and Saraine Furie. The six other women on the float are, in no order: Josephine Larusso, Leona M. Roberts, Jeanne Hutchens, Mary Henderson, Gloria Crocker, and Dorothy Brown.
Date:: January 2, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Shirley Temple riding a float as the Grand Marshal of the 50th Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

Description:: The Grand Marshal float, which is decorated with 2,500 red and pink roses, includes a dais of white gardenias where Shirley Temple sits. On the front of the float are large roses made from thousands of rose petals.
Date:: January 2, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Shirley Temple riding a float as the Grand Marshal of 50th Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

Description:: A similar photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the headline, “Fiftieth Rose Parade Thrills Record Throng,” Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan 1939: 2.
Date:: January 2, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

"Seeing Nellie Home," Sierra Madre float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

Description:: Sierra Madre's Rose Parade entry was called "Seeing Nellie Home." It featured a replica of a buggy shipped to E. J. (Lucky) Baldwin in 1886. Daphne Alley and Leslie B. Wynne Jr. rode in the buggy while Kathleen McLellan and Anna Sue Adwell rode in the back.
Date:: January 2, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Santa Barbara's "Taj Mahal" float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

Description:: Throngs of people gather on either side of the road as a float sporting a miniature model of the Taj Mahal goes by.
Date:: January 2, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

San Fernando float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

Description:: Different photographs taken on the same occasion appear with the article, "Romance and Fantasy Feature Spectacle," Los Angeles Times, 03 Jan 1939: 3, 12.
Date:: January 2, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

"Rose Queen" float with Barbara Nichols at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

Description:: Float with Rose Queen and attendants on board as seen by crowds at Tournament of Roses Parade. The float is seen at the intersection of Colorado Boulevard and Orange Grove Blvd.
Date:: January 11, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

"Romance of the Oil Industry" float from Standard Oil at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

Description:: The Standard Oil float, which depicted the "Romance of Oil Industry," won the grand prize.
Date:: January 2, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Queen Barbara Dougall rides her float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Rose Parade Awes 1,250,000," Los Angeles Times, 03 Jan 1939: 1, 13.
Date:: January 1, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

"Pilgrim Days" float at Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, California, 1936

Description:: Pilgrim days with a church and steeple set back in a forest and with Florence and Stanley Astenleiter and their 5-year-old daughter Yvonne, costumed in 17th century garments in the front. 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

Pasadena Water Department parade float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

Description:: Different photographs taken on the same occasion appears with the article, "Rose Parade Awes 1,250,000," Los Angeles Times, 03 Jan 1939: 1.
Date:: January 2, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

North Hollywood float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

Description:: Text from negative sleeve: 15283 Rose Parade 1939
Date:: January 2, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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Will Rogers commemorative float at Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

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

Ventura Chamber parade float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

United Service Clubs float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

Tournament of Roses parade float passing down East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, 1941

"Taj Mahal" float from Santa Barbara at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

South Gate float at Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

South Gate float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

Shirley Temple riding a float as the Grand Marshal of the 50th Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

Shirley Temple riding a float as the Grand Marshal of 50th Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

"Seeing Nellie Home," Sierra Madre float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

Santa Barbara's "Taj Mahal" float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

San Fernando float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

"Rose Queen" float with Barbara Nichols at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

"Romance of the Oil Industry" float from Standard Oil at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

Queen Barbara Dougall rides her float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

"Pilgrim Days" float at Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, California, 1936

Pasadena Water Department parade float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

North Hollywood float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

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