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Description:: Two unidentified men share a box of Cracker Jack on a bench during the annual Iowa Picnic. The Iowa Picnic was an annual gathering of Iowans living in Los Angeles and Long Beach. The gathering brought together over 100,000 people in 1935 and was often held at Bixby Park and Lincoln Park.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Men covered in mud after a mud fight at the Los Angeles Junior College gather around an unidentified woman.
Date:: 1930s
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Child actors Billy, Bobby, Delmar and Garry Watson gathered around an ignited firework on the Fourth of July. The Watson family was known as "the first family of Hollywood" and included at least nine children that acted in motion pictures.
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Probably related to Los Angeles Times article, November 8, 1931, Minute of Memory Caps Armistice Day Program, All City to Pause in Silent Token of Respect to Fallen Heroes of War at 11 a.m. … Presentation of stand of colors to Legion of Valor … by Senator Shortridge. … unit will be commanded by Frank J. Irwin, a D.S.C. man and former National Commander of the Disabled American Veterans …
Date:: 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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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
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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
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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
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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

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

Description:: The theme of the 1930 forty-first annual Rose Parade was "Festival Days in Flowers"
Date:: January 1, 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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