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"Pasadena Crown" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1926

Description:
Float with floral sign reading "Chamber of Commerce" in the Tournament of Roses Parade. On each corner of the float is a pergola column surmounted by a floral bouquet. There is a large, open crown in the center and there are 5 women in costume and one male driver. The float was entered by the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce.
Date:
January 1, 1926
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Pasadena Crown" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1926

Pasadena Banks float with a woman in a jewelry box in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1926

Description:
Float with a Miss Frank Alexander in an open jewelry box with a red satin lining and a strand of pearls half out of the box in the Tournament of Roses Parade. Floral signs on the float include "Safe Keeping" on the lid of the jewelry box and "Banks" on the front. Signs on the corner commercial building behind the float read: "Latest Model Cars for Hire Without Drivers...," "Pasadena Vulcan...g Works," and "Hotel Franklin." Spectators are standing along the parade route and on top of the corner building.
Date:
January 1, 1926
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Pasadena Banks float with a woman in a jewelry box in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1926

Arden float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1933

Description:
Floral birds pulling a float with a large globe in the center and three floral parasols above platforms at the back providing shade for 2 visible maidens. Atop the globe is a uniformed man with "Adore" (probably for Adore Dairy) written on the back of his shirt. The float is seen passing the Goodhue Flagpole at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
Date:
January 2, 1933
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Arden float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1933

Easter egg hunt, Venice, 1938

Description:
Related to Los Angeles Times article, April 18, 1938, “Heat Drives 300,000 to Beach Area” … More than 3500 children swelled the Easter throng at Venice, where the youngsters took part in an Easter-egg hunt in which 14,000 candy eggs were wrapped in wax paper and buried in the sand.
Date:
April 17, 1938
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Easter egg hunt, Venice, 1938

Miss Canada, Grant Donley, and Miss Mexico, Marianita Servin, and crowd at opening ceremony, Roosevelt Highway, Malibu, 1929

Description:
Miss Canada, Grant Donley, in skirt, sweater, and knitted hat, and Miss Mexico, Marianita Servin, in skirt, sleeveless blouse, and necklace, lighting explosive fuse to open Roosevelt Highway, with cut ribbons on ground, wide ribbon behind them, and uniformed officers and crowd, many waving hats, and hillside in background
Date:
1929
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Miss Canada, Grant Donley, and Miss Mexico, Marianita Servin, and crowd at opening ceremony, Roosevelt Highway, Malibu, 1929