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Description:: The theme of the 1929 fortieth annual Rose Parade was "Poems in Flowers"
Date:: January 1, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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

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

Description:: The float of the Rose Parade Queen, Muriel Cowan, features 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 queen is accompanied by six attendants (Dorothy Bruce, Emily Bettainer, Lynn Smith, Shirley Chamberlain, Catherine Butler and Lucille Spelts) and three outwalkers in gowns and veils are also visible. 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

Description:: Crowd of Rose Parade spectators watching a marching band at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
Date:: January 1, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: View of a float with a floral boxing ring with 3 floral figures depicting 2 boxers and a referee. Flags of different nationalities decorate the sides of the boxing ring. The float was entered by the city of Inglewood and 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

Description:: Rose Parade spectators on a residential street including a little girl holding a balloon
Date:: January 1, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: The "Old Ironsides" float was a floral replica of the historic frigate of the American navy. 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 Diego.
Date:: January 1, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Two girls in rickshaws drawn by boys dressed in Chinese silk costumes preceding the "Chinese Empress" float entered by the city of Long Beach. The are passing the Goodhue Flagpole in the center of the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
Date:: January 1, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Snyder, Bill
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: The "Banks" float passing the Goodhue Flagpole at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
Date:: January 1, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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