Street vendor with a sandwich style display of football mementos and carrying memento canes walking along the route of the Rose Parade with two men and a boy walking behind him and spectators seated in the background
View of spectators in front of the Goodhue Flagpole with two standing on top of the flagpole base at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd. Radio announcers on a platform on the right report the parade.
The Ford Dealers float displays a globe with the continents delineated, flanked by stylized wings and four visible float riders. The float was photographed at the corner of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
A different photograph of the same float appears with the headline, “Burbank Wins Rose Tournament Sweepstakes and Oakland Takes Theme Prize,” Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan 1939: B
Court life of the period of Queen Elizabeth is the theme of this float with Dorothy Haggen as the Queen and a court guard in front of her. The float signage reads "L. A. County Fair" and "Pomona." The float is seen at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
View of the "Legend of the Chrysanthemum" with Fugi Fugikawa in a flower petal kimono and carrying a parasol made of blossoms standing on a bridge of red pompoms over a pool of blue delphiniums. The scene is completed with a white narcissus heron, a tree and stepping stones of bronze pompoms. The float was entered by the Burbank City Schools and is shown passing the Goodhue Flagpole at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
Spectators next to the float of the Rose Parade Queen, Muriel Cowan, featuring a large Russian Firebird composed of yellow chrysanthemums and lavender sweet peas at the front and three Russian mosques with domes covered in yellow pompoms at the back, behind the queen's throne. The float was photographed on Orange Grove Blvd., probably before the start of the parade.
View of the Chinese Empress Wan Qua Fei float. The float features a carriage lead by dragons with Lili Arikawa seated on a throne as the empress with 2 girls seated below her, hanging baskets and lanterns, and with 'Long Beach' written on top. All of the participants are dressed in light-colored Chinese silk, including 5 outwalker boys with baskets suspended from shoulder poles and a girl riding in a rickshaw drawn by a boy.
Five uniformed men with flags, marching in Tournament of Roses parade, with crowd in background at the intersection of Colorado Blvd. and Orange Grove Blvd.
"Conquest of India by Alexander the Great" is the theme of the float submitted by the Pasadena Water Department, with 2 veiled ladies seated before a temple (Alice Williams and Anna McDougall) and Alexander the Great (Sammy Schwartz) riding a golden chariot. Three of the 8 out-walkers are visible; young men dressed as Indian princes.
View of the "California Raisin Day" float with an enthroned queen, Helen MacKenzie, in a lush garden of Easter lilies, daisies, gladioli and other flowers. The float, entered by the city of Fresno, is seen at the intersection of Colorado Boulevard and Orange Grove Blvd.
Float depicting an Indian legend about an arrowhead, with a wigwam in a valley and Linda Martin as an Indian princess, Edward Scott as an evil spirit and David Scott as the Indian chief who shot the arrow to save the princess. Only one float rider (evil spirit or Indian chief) is visible in this photograph. The float was entered by the city of San Bernardino and the National Orange Show. The float was photographed at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd. with the Goodhue Flagpole on the far right.
Float celebrating Olympiad bicycling events with a floral bicyclist on the front of the float. Floral signs read: "Pasadena Chamber of Commerce" and "Rose Bowl." The float is shown at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
Float representing the rock pinnacles of Cathedral Gorge in Nevada. Dressed as Indian maidens and seated amidst desert plants at the base of the pinnacle are Betty Lloyd and Mary Reed. The float was entered by the city of Caliente, Nevada and is seen at the intersection of Colorado Boulevard and Orange Grove Blvd.
Members of the Girls P.J.C. Band seated in a float with the Goodhue Flagpole in the background at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
Float entered by Florists' Transworld Delivery (FTD) with the Mercury Man high up in the center of a lush floral garden and with a large globe behind him.
Float rendition of a monster pelican 25 feet long and 15 feet high composed of white pompom and chrysanthemums. The float was entered by the city of Manhattan Beach and is seen here at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
A woman in colonial costume representing Betsy Ross sits next to a United States flag rendered in flowers; a man, probably representing George Washington, stands behind her. The float is seen at the intersection of Colorado Boulevard and Orange Grove Blvd.
Tournament of Roses queen Barbara Dougall crowned by Lathrop K. Leishman, president of the Tournament of Roses. Ms. Dougall holds a large bouquet of roses and wears a satin gown.
"Rainbow and the Pot of Gold" float with four fairies seated on a half rainbow and a mound of oranges representing the pot of gold at the base of the rainbow. Three outwalkers holding streamers are visible. The float is seen at the intersection of Colorade Blvd. and Orange Grove Blvd. Entered by the city of Covina.
On the city of Monrovia float a woman dressed as the goddess Aphrodite holding the reins of a floral outboard motorboat driven by Loretta Trumbull, an outboard motor champion. Another young woman sits next to Aphrodite and ten outwalkers, young boys in costume, are also visible. The float is shown at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
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.