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Georgia Chobe, designer of the "Hansel and Gretel" Rose Parade float, directing its decoration, Pasadena, 1933

Description:: Georgia Chobe, designer of the "Hansel and Gretel" Rose Parade float, directing its decoration, holding an armfull of flowers
Date:: January 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Color guard in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1928

Description:: A column of uniformed men with flags marching in Tournament of Roses parade with spectators watching. The main Pasadena Post Office is visible on the far right (281 E. Colorado Blvd.) and a sign for "Vroman's Book Store Holiday Branch" is visible just beyond it.
Date:: January 2, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Arcadia parade float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

Description:: A different photograph taken on the same occasion appears with the article, "Rose Parade Awes 1,250,000," Los Angeles Times, 03 Jan 1939: 1, 13.
Date:: January 2, 1939
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

"Gondola" first prize float in the tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1926

Description:: A float representing a gondola holding 6 year old Revac Rush an open sea shell pulled by a swan. entered by the city of Long Beach. Two men are seated behind the swan. "Long Beach," with an anchor between the words, is written in flowers on the side of the float.
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Float with waving rider on Orange Grove Blvd. in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1932

Description:: View facing north on Orange Grove Blvd. towards an unidentified Rose Parade float and the Goodhue Flagpole at Colorado Blvd. beyond. A float rider waves to the spectators.
Date:: January 1, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

"Dreams of Pasadena" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1931

Description:: "Dreams of Pasadena" float with a butterfly on top of stacked circular floral stages in front of the Tournament of Roses queen, Mary Lou Waddell, seated on a throne and with smaller butterflies on the sides of the float. Ropes of pink sweetpeas extend to 4 outwalkers. The float was entered by the Tournament of Roses and is seen at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd. with the Goodhue Flagpole in the background.
Date:: January 1, 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic 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

Marching band in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1928

Date:: January 2, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Grandstand view of floats at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

Description:: Grandstand view of the 3 floats rounding a curve at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.: "Pink Shell," submitted by Manhattan Beach, with Elnora Record seated in a large, pink shell riding the crest of a wave, with Helene Epperson and Charlotte Havlu costumed as mermaids riding surfboards, and 2 little girls, Barbara Mae Pitzer and Rosemary Dubarry seated on either side; "Benjamin Franklin" submitted by Altadena showing Benjamin Franklin (Howard J. Stevenson) and a young assistant (Mickey McCarty) working at a hand press; and Inglewood's "Pioneer Memorial" float with a scout on a prancing floral steed with pioneer women and scouts seated below (Helen Robbins, Jean Teel, Alice Carmichael, Betty Ann Earl and Barbara Ziegler).
Date:: January 1, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Snyder, Bill
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Glendale float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1923

Description:: Small "Glendale" float that followed the prize-winning Glendale float, with the four trophy cups won by Glendale for previous parade entries. A small child holds the reins of the float. Reported in "JEWEL CITY WINS AGAIN: Glendale Captures First Civic Float Award for Fifth Time in Rose Tourney History..." Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 1923, II:1.
Date:: January 1, 1923
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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

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Georgia Chobe, designer of the "Hansel and Gretel" Rose Parade float, directing its decoration, Pasadena, 1933

Color guard in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1928

Arcadia parade float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

"Gondola" first prize float in the tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1926

Float with waving rider on Orange Grove Blvd. in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1932

"Dreams of Pasadena" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1931

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

Marching band in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1928

Grandstand view of floats at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

Glendale float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1923

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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