"River of Destiny" float shows the Colorado River flowing from heather and pompom mountains at the back, through desert and a channel in another mountain to a land of flowers. Two little girls, June Muhleman and Jane Putney, play in the flowers. The float was entered by the Metropolitan Water District. The float is shown heading east on Colorado Blvd. on the first block east of Orange Grove Blvd. at the start of the parade route.
"River of Destiny" float shows the Colorado River flowing from heather and pompom mountains at the back, through desert and a channel in more mountains to a land of flowers. Two little girls, June Muhleman and Jane Putney, play in the flowers. The float was entered by the Metropolitan Water District and is shown here at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
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.
"Rock of Ages" float surmounted by a cross and 2 children dressed as angels, and drawn by 2 white donkeys. A woman dressed in a white Biblical costume seeking peace and refuge walks next to the donkeys. The float, designed by Col. William H. Gooding, was entered by the Salvation Army.
This float features a replica of the Rose Bowl and life-size figures of the Stanford Indian and the Columbia Lion. The Pasadena Memorial Flagpole (Goodhue Flagpole) is visible behind the float in its original location in the middle of the intersection of Orange Grove and Colorado Boulevard. The float was entered by Stanford University.
Front portion of Rose Parade float, with three women in robes or tunics holding poles, large bird and bell sculpted of flowers near front, with crowd in background
Rose Parade spectators on the parkway and curb of a residential section of Orange Grove Blvd. Some boys sit on the branch of a large tree for a better view.
Men and boys watching the Rose Parade from the tile roof of the Hupmobile dealer building on W. Colorado Blvd., probably between St. John Ave. and Pasadena Ave. (later the area of a freeway underpass). The Hupp Automobile logo is on the front of the building.
Tournament of Roses Queen Barbara Dougall seated in a wooden arm chair and holding a bouquet of roses against a backdrop of leaves and flowers. She wears a satin dress and crown.
Float with Rose Queen, Barbara Nichols, and attendants, Virginia Lea White, Rose Mary Watkins, Frances Shepherd, Dorothy Ginn, Charlotte Blackstone, and Katherine Newman. The float passes spectators gathered at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd. next to the Goodhue Flagpole.
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.
The "Saint Patrick's Day" float with St. Patrick chasing serpents up a mountain. The float was entered by the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce the California Valencia Orange Show and it is shown at the intersection of Colorado Boulevard and Orange Grove Blvd.
1927 was the first year the Rose Parade had a theme, "Songs in Flowers," with each float typifying a song. Photograph appears on the photo page "Glendale and Long Beach Share in Major Honors," Los Angeles Times, 02 Jan. 1927: 28.
San Bernardino's National Orange Show's entry, showing pirate maidens aboard a ship of flowers. The float is at the intersection of Colorado Boulevard and Orange Grove.
View of the San Diego Exposition float with 3 women seated next to a floral replica of the Spreckles organ as it passes the Goodhue flagpole at Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
Different photographs taken on the same occasion appear with the article, "Romance and Fantasy Feature Spectacle," Los Angeles Times, 03 Jan 1939: 3, 12.
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.