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"Rainbow and the Pot of Gold" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1933

Description:
"Rainbow and the Pot of Gold" float with four fairies seated on a half rainbow and a mound of oranges representing the pot of gold at the base of the rainbow. Three outwalkers holding streamers are visible. The float is seen at the intersection of Colorade Blvd. and Orange Grove Blvd. Entered by the city of Covina.
Date:
January 2, 1933
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Rainbow and the Pot of Gold" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1933

"Aphrodite" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1932

Description:
On the city of Monrovia float a woman dressed as the goddess Aphrodite holding the reins of a floral outboard motorboat driven by Loretta Trumbull, an outboard motor champion. Another young woman sits next to Aphrodite and ten outwalkers, young boys in costume, are also visible. 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
"Aphrodite" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1932

George Morey, Sam Minami and Saburo Tani performing at the 2nd annual Nisei Festival, 1935

Description:
George Morey, Sam Minami and Saburo Tani performing on a stage in traditional Japanese costumes at the 2nd annual Nisei Festival (later, Nisei Week). One wears a silk brocade robe and holds 2 swords (left), one is dressed in a silk brocade shirt and pants and holdis a bow and sword (center), and one is dressed as a samurai in armor and holds a dagger (right).
Date:
July 31, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
George Morey, Sam Minami and Saburo Tani performing at the 2nd annual Nisei Festival, 1935

"Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1929

Description:
"Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary, How does Your Garden Grow?" was the theme of this float, entered by the elementary schools of Pasadena. Mary is represented by Gladys Brooks and the other girls on the float are Ramona Martin, Kathryn Snyder, Eleanor Bothell, Phyllis Williams and Frances Ewer. 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
"Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1929

Rose Bowl float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

Description:
This float features a replica of the Rose Bowl and life-size figures of the Stanford Indian and the Columbia Lion. 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 Stanford University.
Date:
January 1, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Rose Bowl float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

"Enchanted Lands" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

Description:
The "Enchanted Lands" float features a large floral replica of the California Building (a Spanish Colonial building designed for the by architect Bertram Goodhue for the 1915-1917 Panama–California Exposition held in San Diego to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal) with a bell tower and dome reproduced with yellow, white and bronze chrysanthemums. A sign on the side of the float reads "San Diego, World Exposition City, 1935." On the visible corners of the float are float riders in costume with decorations featuring (L to R) a Spanish-American mission, a Chinese bridge, and a South Seas palm. The Goodhue Flagpole at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd. is visible behind the float.
Date:
January 1, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Enchanted Lands" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

"Southern California Farm House" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

Description:
The "Southern California Farm House" float is formed of cornflowers and white flowers with a garden in front and a rising sun behind the house. The float riders are Lois Weston and Leland and James Clemson. The El Monte entry is seen at the intersection of Orange Grove blvd. and Colorado Blvd. with the Goodhue Flagpole in the background on the right.
Date:
January 1, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Southern California Farm House" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

"Adohrable Babies" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1932

Description:
"Adhorable Babies" float carrying 18 children in a golden, cup-shaped trophy in the center with a floral sign reading "Our Future Champions" and 29 children on the main platform dressed in costumes of different countries competing in Olympiads. The float is decorated with shields ornamented to look like coats of arms with carnations and pigeons were steadily released from the trophy during the parade. The float was lead by another small float in the form of a swan (image no. 21198/zz002cp5vz) and was entered by the Adohr Creamery Company. the float location in the image is the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
Date:
January 1, 1932
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
"Adohrable Babies" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1932

Lucille S. King, ventriloquist, with child actors, dummy and dolls, 1951

Description:
Lucille S. King, ventriloquist, stands on the right holding a dummy, while two child actresses pose in doll like stances. A boy playing a pipe organ stands to the left. Another boy holding an accordion stands onthe far left, only partially visible. Also seen are various pieces of furniture and dolls.
Date:
September 20, 1951
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Lucille S. King, ventriloquist, with child actors, dummy and dolls, 1951

Czechoslovakia float at the starting point of the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1927

Description:
A Tournament of the Roses parade float with a European theme (probably the entry from Czechoslovakia). The participant furthest to the left is wearing a traditional Eastern-European dress, while the three participants to the right of the float are wearing gowns. The float is decorated with palms and other various foliage, and a two-dimensional sun is suspended within an arch flanked by monumental vases of flowers. 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.
Date:
January 1, 1927
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Czechoslovakia float at the starting point of the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1927

"Traviata" production, John Adams Auditorium, Santa Monica, 1949

Description:
View of about 25 cast members onstage, in costume, with about 4 orchestra members partially visible in foreground, below straight edge of stage. Ernest Mireles is in the center, and to the right of him are Kay Marshall and Arnet Amos. Giovanni Zavatti is seated at a table on the right and Ray Gagan (possibly) faces Zavatti.
Date:
1949
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
"Traviata" production, John Adams Auditorium, Santa Monica, 1949

Dancers in Spanish-style clothing at the Eugene Plummer residence, West Hollywood, 1931

Description:
Eugene R. Plummer and his family once owned sections of Los Angeles including the Hancock Park area, mid-Wilshire, Hollywood Hills, and West Hollywood. The site of his home was purchased by the County of Los Angeles in 1937 and is known as Plummer Park, West Hollywood.
Date:
August 1, 1931
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Dancers in Spanish-style clothing at the Eugene Plummer residence, West Hollywood, 1931

Lucille S. King, ventriloquist, with child actors, dummy and dolls, 1951

Description:
Lucille S. King, ventriloquist, stands to the left on stage, holding a dummy, while three child actresses pose in doll like stances. A boy holding an accordion stands on th far left, only partially visible. Also seen onstage are various pieces of furniture and dolls and another ventriloquist dummy. An audience can be seen in the foreground.
Date:
September 20, 1951
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Lucille S. King, ventriloquist, with child actors, dummy and dolls, 1951

Wedding cake float in the Rose Parade, Pasadena, 1927

Description:
Three-layer wedding cake float on a gondola-like boat with boy gondolier and girl riding in the boat and topped with boy and girl, Harold Van Horn and Ardath Aline Elsasser, dressed as a bride and groom beneath an archway. Inscribed in flowers on the side of the boat: Davis.... The float was entered by the Davis Perfection Bakery.
Date:
January 1, 1927
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Wedding cake float in the Rose Parade, Pasadena, 1927

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

Description:
"La Paloma" float with white doves suspended over a garden inhabited by 6 persons in Spanish attire, including a man in a hat playing lute near center, and singers Jose Arias, Thea La Forte, Sybil Tyler and Ella Archer. 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.
Date:
January 1, 1927
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
"La Paloma" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1927

Child ballerina and accordian player perform with ventriloquist Lucille King, 1951

Description:
On a stage, in the foreground, are a child ballerina and accordion player. To the far right sits an ventriloquist Lucille S. King, on a couch with her dummy, and an actor, dressed as a clown, sits on the floor. Even father to the left, offstage, stand several women.
Date:
September 20, 1951
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Child ballerina and accordian player perform with ventriloquist Lucille King, 1951

"Rigoletto" production, Barnum Hall (probably), Santa Monica, 1956

Description:
Two opera singers, a man and woman, can be seen on stage in Renaissance style costumes. The man sits to the left and the woman stands to the right. Behind them a stage set depicting the dark interior of a room with a lit, suspended chandelier is faintly seen. The location may be Barnum Hall.
Date:
1956
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
"Rigoletto" production, Barnum Hall (probably), Santa Monica, 1956