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Ethel (Sissle) Gordon at event with the Sammie Franklin Orchestra, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Dancer Marie Bryant and three unidentified chorus girls, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Joe Louis and Frank Sinatra on stage, Los Angeles, 1947

Description:: Joe Louis is at the left, and Frank Sinatra is on the right. Likely at a June 2, 1947 benefit at the Shrine Auditorium for the Westview Hospital.
Date:: [1947]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

J. D. King and his band, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Unidentified woman singing, Los Angeles, 1940s?

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Charioteers, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Eddie Green, Hadda Brooks, "Peg Leg" Bates, and Frank Sinatra, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Aurora Greeley and Leroy Broomfield (Broomfield and Greeley) performing at the Club Alabam, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:: Aurora Greeley is at the far left (holding up her skirt), and Leroy Broomfield is standing at the microphone. The other dancers are unidentified. Photograph taken at the Club Alabam, on Central Avenue.
Date:: [1940s?]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

Dragon float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1928

Description:: The Dragon float emitted smoke and was 85 feet long. Two men wearing Asian shirts, trousers and conical straw hats carry a floral sign reading "Glendale," the city that entered the float. The Pasadena Post Office at 281 E. Colorado Blvd. is visible across the street.
Date:: January 2, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

City of Pomona Spanish galleon float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1927

Description:: The Spanish galleon float has young women in Spanish costume as rowers and one man in Spanish costume stands in front of the sail.
Date:: January 1, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

"Blazing the Trail Westward" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1928

Description:: The theme of the 1928 Rose Parade was a League of Nations in flowers
Date:: January 2, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

"Fiesta de las Rosas" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1931

Description:: "Fiesta de las Rosas" float entered by the city of San Jose with 2 girls seated on the floral carpet, one girl standing and one girl on a swing.
Date:: January 1, 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

"Blazing the Trail Westward" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1928

Description:: The theme of the 1928 Rose Parade was a League of Nations in flowers
Date:: January 2, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Hank Ballard and the Moonlighters

Date:: May 11, 1982
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Virgil Junior High School students in float, Shriners' parade, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1925

Description:: 2-part float decorated as pagoda and elephant, with students in Javanese costume on and alongside, on coliseum track, with audience in background
Date:: June 5, 1925
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath performing before crowd at California Jam concert in Ontario, Calif., 1974

Date:: April 8, 1974
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Barnard, Tony
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Pasadena Clearinghouse float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1931

Description:: Pasadena Clearinghouse float with cornupocias spilling flowers and the word "Banks" written in flowers on the side. Two girls can be seen ringing New Years bells with the hat of a third girl just visible. The float is probably near the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
Date:: January 1, 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

"Adventure" airplane float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1931

Description:: The "Adventure" float featured a floral airplane with a wingspread of 32 feet. The float was designed by Inglewood city gardener W. D. Frantz and entered by the city of Inglewood.
Date:: January 1, 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

"Argonauts" 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
OpenUCLA Collections

California Jam II rock festival in Ontario, Calif., 1978

Date:: March 19, 1978
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Rose, George
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

"Columbia, Gem of the Ocean" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1927

Description:: 1927 was the first year the the Rose Parade had a theme, "Songs in Flowers," with each float typifying a song
Date:: January 1, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Van Ness Avenue School students on float, Shriners' parade, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1925

Description:: Float decorated as sailing ship San Carlos, with sails and waves, with about five students in padre and Spanish military costumes riding, on coliseum track with audience in background
Date:: June 5, 1925
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Hank Ballard and the Moonlighters

Date:: May 11, 1982
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

"Mexico's Fairyland" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1933

Description:: "Mexico's Fairyland" float with a band of 6 musicians (4 men and 12 women) and a woman dancer (seated in the center front row) perform on the float in front of a Mexican style tower. On the side of the float is a flora sign reading: Agua Caliente / Old Mexico.
Date:: January 2, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

"Adohr-able Nymphs" 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
OpenUCLA Collections

"Dawn" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

Description:: "Dawn" float with 4 white horses in flowers drawing a golden chariot driven by Apollo, portrayed by Warren Jones. Behind Apollo is a representation of the dawn with a rising sun on Mount Olympus. 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 Pasadena Water Department.
Date:: January 1, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Long Beach Municipal Band with horn players and drummers 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

"Gondola" 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

Ricardo Montalban and Florence Henderson in theater production of "The King and I" in Los Angeles, Calif., 1965

Date:: April 21, 1965
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Tiffany, Nelson
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

"Vikings" 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

Actors Natalie Wood and Tab Hunter arriving at the 28th Academy Awards with gossip writer Louella Parsons in background, 1956

Date:: March 22, 1956
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Ricardo Montalban and Sally Ann Howes in Civic Light Opera production of "The King and I" in Los Angeles, Calif., 1974

Date:: May 2, 1974
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Bessel, Larry
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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

Description:: View of Santa Barbara's sweepstakes winning "Peacock" float with twins Marguerite and Mary Somerville reading fairy stories in a garden composed of 2 urns and a fountain at the front, mechanical peacocks and steps leading to a large peacock in the center, and classical structure with columns and more urns at the back. 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

Horse-drawn floral carriage in 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

Portland Rose Festival float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1928

Description:: The theme of the 1928 Rose Parade was a League of Nations in flowers
Date:: January 2, 1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

T. W. Braun and Morris Carnovsky in dressing room at Los Angeles' Pilgrimage Theater on opening night of "King Lear," 1964

Date:: July 11, 1964
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Ensemble Studio Theatre-LA's "My Name Could Be Anne," 1986

Date:: July 2, 1986
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Becker, David
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Cast members performing "La Migra" segment of "Rainbow Country" at the Taper Too in Los Angeles, Calif., 1986

Date:: June 18, 1986
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Dykes, Steve
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

"Martha" 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

Football field float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1929

Description:: Floral football field with 2 goal posts, a giant football and 2 visible float riders. The float was entered by the Alhambra Chamber of Commerce and 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
OpenUCLA Collections

"A Vista Calavo" float in 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

Bandleader Lawrence Welk at ground breaking for the new Union Bank in Santa Monica, Calif., 1960

Date:: September 8, 1960
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Chowchilla kidnapping bus driver Ed Ray and children riding on float in parade held in his honor in Chowchilla, Calif., 1976

Date:: August 23, 1976
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Rogers, Art
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Roberts Golden State Band in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1932

Description:: View of a man carrying a banner announcing the Roberts Golden State Band, with the band following behind him in the Rose Parade
Date:: January 1, 1932
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

"Happy New Year" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1927

Description:: "Happy New Year" float with a sign reading Happy New Year perched on top of a large floral bell, and also with a little girl, Betty June Schneider, in a colonial style dress, and a driver. The float was entered by the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce and Civic Association.
Date:: January 1, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

"A Dream of Beauty Enthroned" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1931

Description:: The theme of the 1931 forty-second annual Rose Parade was "Dreams in Flowers"
Date:: January 1, 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

The Carpenters, Karen and Richard, onstage at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, Calif., 1975

Date:: August 11, 1972
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Ballard, Kathleen
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

"La Paloma" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1927

Description:: 1927 was the first year the the Rose Parade had a theme, "Songs in Flowers," with each float typifying a song
Date:: January 1, 1927
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

"Princess and 6 White Swans" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1933

Description:: The "Princess and 6 white swans" float, the San Francisco entry, with swans pulling a boat with a princess, Lydette Everard, and attendants, Vera Nicholson and Peggy Shrader.
Date:: January 2, 1933
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Voice actress June Foray at audition in Los Angeles, Calif., 1965

Date:: November 29, 1965
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Frampton, Mary
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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