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Pacific Palisades "World Peace" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1924

Description:: Float representing miniature cliffs of the Pacific Palisades neighborhood. On the float are women wearing the national costumes of different continents. Reported in "Floats banks of blossoms...," Los Angeles Times, 02 Jan. 1924: II:7.
Date:: January 1, 1924
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Carriage pulled by a team of horses in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1924

Description:: Two men drive a carriage with riders in side, pulled by a team of 4 horses.
Date:: January 1, 1924
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

University of Washington float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1924

Description:: Float in the form of a rowing shell decorated with flowers. Photo appears with article "All Southland Represented at Rose Tournament," Los Angeles Times, 02 Jan. 1924: A10.
Date:: January 1, 1924
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Unidentified carriage pulled by a horse in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1924

Description:: Carriage and horse completely covered in greenery and floral wreaths. The foliage is so dense that only the head and right hoof of the horse are visible.
Date:: January 1, 1924
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Culver City float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1924

Description:: The Culver City float features a miniature house and yard. Reported in "Floats banks of blossoms...," Los Angeles Times, 02 Jan. 1924: II:7.
Date:: January 1, 1924
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Float of the Los Angeles Elks lodge 99 in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1924

Date:: January 1, 1924
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Glendale Lodge B.P.O.E. float in the Tournament of Roses parade, Pasadena, 1924

Date:: January 1, 1924
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

"Martha" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

Description:: The float inspired by the opera "Martha," adapted from the Flotow ballet, features the characters Lionel and Martha in garden in front of a farmhouse. The float was entered by Los Angeles County.
Date:: January 1, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

"Fiesta de las Rosas" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1933

Description:: The theme of the 1933 forty-fourth annual Rose Parade was "Fairy Tales in Flowers."
Date:: January 2, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

"Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI" float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

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

Man decorating float for the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

Description:: An unidentified man decorates a float for the Tournament of Roses to be held on January 2, 1939.
Date:: [circa January 1, 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:: 17-year-old Barbara Dougall was given thunderous applause from her legion of subjects at the Tournament of the Roses, the Crown City's New Year's gift since 1888.
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

Greek temple float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1932

Description:: Float with a floral reproduction of a Greek temple with a bicyclist on the side and 4 bicyclist outriders. Floral signs on the float read: "Rose Bowl," 19 Olympiad 32" and "Pasadena." The float is shown at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
Date:: January 1, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

William Holden and 7 Rose Princesses, Pasadena, 1950

Description:: Actor William Holden posing with seven Rose Princesses vying for the title of Rose Queen for the Pasadena Rose Parade.
Date:: [circa December 3, 1950]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

"Celestial Dragon" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

Description:: The "Celestial Dragon" float features a floral dragon on a stairway, coiled around a pagoda. A float rider in a Chinese dress and lovely headdress is visible (Violet Leong or Midred Ginn). The float was designed by E. M. Pitzer and was entered by the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company and was photographed at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
Date:: January 1, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

"Iris and the Rainbow" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

Description:: The "Iris and the Rainbow" float, entered by the city of Altadena, with Betty Wilcox as Iris holding the streamer attached to six floral peacocks, accompanied by 4 flower girls (Janet Horning, Joan Smith, Anna Kelly and Marion Rutan) all beneath a wide floral rainbow.
Date:: January 1, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

"Peacock" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1933

Description:: "Peacock" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade with a large floral peacock at the front, a fountain with white swans drinking in the middle, and the queen, Marjorie Wise with Betty Service and Gene Beerkle, maids in waiting seated in a pagoda-like structure at the back. Outwalkers carrying bouquets of roses, dressed as peacocks and attached to the float with pink ribbons. 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 the city of Long Beach.
Date:: January 2, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Float and equestrians in the annual Rose Parade, Pasadena, 1910-1920

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

Official in a flower-covered automobile at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

Description:: Official in a flower-covered automobile with 2 capped men in the front seat
Date:: January 1, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

City of Portland float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

Description:: The 1939 Tournament of Roses theme was Golden Jubilee to mark the 50th anniversary of the parade. Shirley Temple served as Grand Marshal.
Date:: January 2, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

"China Clipper" float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

Description:: Float representing the China clipper airplane with 'Los Angeles' and 'China Clipper' written on it viewed by crowd to celebrate Los Angeles Pacific air connections. Riding that float are Mariella Ferguson in Spanish costume at the front, and Virginia Grondahl in Hawaiian costume at the back.
Date:: January 1, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Carrie Jacobs Bond besdie a Tournament of Roses parade float, Pasadena, circa 1920s

Description:: Carrie Jacobs Bond stands beside a floral parade float for a New Year's Day parade. Three women are seated onthe float, which is led by two male outwalkers, one carrying a wooden parade sign which reads "The End Of A Perfect Day." A crowd watches from the sidewalk. "Roses in Bloom," written by Carrie Jacobs Bond and Francesca Falk Miller, was the theme song of this parade.
Date:: January 1, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Carrie Jacobs Bond and others riding in a decorated automobile at the Tournament of Roses parade, Pasadena, 1927

Description:: Automobile decorated with flowers rides the street with Carrie Jacobs Bond (back seat, left) with 2 women. On the side of the automobile hangs a banner which reads "Women's Division Tournament of Roses." A crowd watches from the back. "Roses in Bloom," written by Carrie Jacobs Bond and Francesca Falk Miller, was the theme song of this parade.
Date:: January 1, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Street vendor selling football related mementos at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1932

Description:: Vendor selling marionettes and football related mementos including miniature footballs on ribbons and pennants to spectators before the start of the Rose Parade
Date:: January 1, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

"Stanford University" float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

Description:: The theme for the forty-seventh Rose Parade was "History in Flowers."
Date:: January 1, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Snyder, Bill
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Grand Marshal Admiral William Sowden Sims in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

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

"Queen of the Beaches" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

Description:: The theme of the 1934 Rose Parade was: Tales of the Seven Seas. It rained during the parade that year
Date:: January 1, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Marching band and automobile with sign reading "Director of Parade," at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

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

Rose Queen Barbara Dougall the day her selection was announced, Pasadena, 1938

Description:: Portrait of Rose Queen Barbara Dougall, at home, seated on a table, the day her selection was announced.
Date:: December 15, 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

"Trail of the Eagle" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1929

Description:: "Trail of the Eagle" float shows an eagle alighting on top of a mountain. The float was entered by the San Marino Boy Scout Troops Nos. 1 and 2. The float is shown at the intersection of Colorado Blvd. and Orange Grove Blvd.
Date:: January 1, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

"Fountain of Youth" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

Description:: The theme of the 1935 forty-sixth annual Rose Parade was "Golden Legends."
Date:: January 1, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Mary Pickford, Grand Marshal of the Tournament of Roses Parade, in a flower-covered coach, Pasadena, 1933

Description:: Mary Pickford, Grand Marshal of the Rose Parade, in a white satin gown, seated in a coach covered in stevia, roses, sweet peas and gladioli, with a coachman and a footman, drawn by four white horses. The harness of the horses was covered in pink satin ribbon. The photograph was taken in front of the Pasadena Memorial Flagpole (Goodhue Flagpole) at the intersection of Colorado Blvd. and Orange Grove Blvd. Mary Pickford was the first woman and the first film industry professional to be a Grand Marshal of the parade.
Date:: January 2, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

City of Los Angeles float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

Description:: The City of Los Angeles float can be seen in the front, followed by two others in the distance.
Date:: January 2, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

"Golden Gate Bridge" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

Description:: The "Golden Gate Bridge" float with a replica of the bridge with the Marin and San Francisco shores on either side and 7 ships. 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 the city of San Francisco.
Date:: January 1, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Two float riders costumed as fairies standing on a residential street at the start of the Tournament of Roses Parade route, Pasadena, 1933

Description:: Two little girls, who were probably float riders, dressed as fairies and standing on Orange Grove Blvd. or a nearby residential street before the start of the Rose Parade.
Date:: January 2, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Spectators at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

Description:: The theme of the 1935 forty-sixth annual Rose Parade was "Golden Legends."
Date:: January 1, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Street vendor selling seat cushions at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1932

Description:: Vendor with his wares in a canvas bag suspended from his shoulder holding up a seat cushion to spectators before the start of the Rose Parade at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd. with the Goodhue Flagpole in the background
Date:: January 1, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

"Cinderella" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

Description:: "Cinderella" float with Barbara Williams in a lovely floral coach, entered by the Portland Rose Festival. Alice Robey was the coachman, Autumn Durst was the footman and two of the three men walking in front of the float may be William K. Hood, Prime Minister of the Royal Rosarians and Earl Perry, Prince Regent. The float was photographed at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
Date:: January 1, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

"Happy New Year" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1930

Description:: The theme of the 1930 forty-first annual Rose Parade was "Festival Days in Flowers"
Date:: January 1, 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Stanford University float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

Description:: The theme of the 1935 forty-sixth annual Rose Parade was "Golden Legends."
Date:: January 1, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Whittier's float "The Garden of Italy" in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1928

Description:: "The Garden of Italy" float with a floral fountain in the front supported by three women dressed in white: Violet Smith, Anna Lou Kimmel and Helen Smith. Trains of mytle and roses, flowing from the back of the float, are carried by five outwalkers: Margaret Leslie, Irina Richardson, Anna Hoogerzeil [Parker], Louise Logan and Bernice Baily. Reported in "SOUTHLAND PAYS HOMAGE AT SHRINE OF FLOWERS: Miracle of Golden Sunshine Signal for Public Acclaim of 500,000 at Pasadena Tournament," Allen, Roy E. Los Angeles Times, 03 Jan 1928: Part II.
Date:: January 2, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1923

Description:: Photo appears with the article "PAGEANT BEAUTY'S OWN: Pasadena Rose Tournament Parade Sees Loveliness of Southland in Splendid Review Ideal Weather for Crown City's Tournament Helps Make Success of Annual Event ROSE PAGEANT LOVELY SIGHT..." Los Angeles Times, 02 Jan. 1923: II 7.
Date:: January 1, 1923
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

"Queen of the Foothills" coach in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

Description:: The theme of the 1935 forty-sixth annual Rose Parade was "Golden Legends."
Date:: January 1, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

"Orange is King" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1930

Description:: "Orange is King" float with an enthroned orange king and 2 heralds, pulled by a train engine with the date of the National Orange Show in San Bernardino on the side "Feb. 13-29." Gordon Elliott is the king and Nancy Caswell and Alta Faulkner are the heralds. The float is at the intersection of Colorado Boulevard and Orange Grove Blvd.
Date:: January 1, 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Street vendor on the route of the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1932

Description:: The theme of the 1932 forty-third annual Rose Parade was "Nations & Games in Flowers," looking forward to the 1932 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles
Date:: January 1, 1932
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

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

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

"Little Miss Muffet" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1933

Description:: The theme of the 1933 forty-fourth annual Rose Parade was "Fairy Tales in Flowers."
Date:: January 2, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Kiwanis Club swan float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1927

Description:: 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.
Date:: January 1, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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