View from grandstand of uniformed band on fenced track, horseback riders on track and in infield area, with audience in foreground, mountains in background
Horse and rider jumping over a fence (next to a booth with 2 loudspeakers on the roof) at the Desert Circus Rodeo on the parade grounds at the Palm Springs Field Club
Horse-drawn stagecoach, with 1 woman, 3 men, 1 with rifle, riding on top, with boy on bicycle at left, horseback riders behind, spectators in background, banners overhead. Stagecoach is marked U.S. Mail; sign near top reads Lions Club
Decorated open car with man driving, 3 or 4 women riding, sign reading Vanity Fair Studios and Dance, with horse-drawn wagon with dancers behind and spectators on sidewalk in background
Three fire vehicles, 1 horse-drawn, with firefighters driving, 1 firefighter walking alongside, with covered wagon partially visible behind and spectators in background
A long row of men on horseback face the Desert Circus Rodeo audience in the grandstands (not visible, on the left) with two riders placed in front of them. The riders wear hats and are dressed in formal riding attire, with the exception of the rider in the front who wears a shiny silk shirt and a cowboy hat.
Actor playing the role of Adolf Hitler standing in front of three large loud speakers on a stand and next to the horse arena fence, and giving the Hitler salute at the Palm Springs Field Club during the Desert Circus Rodeo
Exterior view of the facade of the Spokane County Building, a Spanish mission style structure with a large veranda porch and four central towers and four smaller towers, with fair goers strolling outside. The Spokane building was demolished after the fair.
Float depicting Ocean Park amusement rides, with about 10 riders, including about 8 children, visible, with crowd, trees, and houses in background. The float was entered by the city of Santa Monica.
Covered wagon, drawn by four oxen, led by man on horseback, with other riders behind, spectators and houses in background, street railroad tracks in foreground, banners overhead
Wagon drawn by two horses, decorated with hay, with about 4 couples dancing, guitarist and other musicians playing, and 2 men driving, with sign reading Santa Monica Public School [Playgrounds?], with building decorated with bunting in background
Truck decorated with flowers and signs, with about 10 riders, 4 men in Indian regalia, 1 man and about 5 women in pioneer dress, with signs reading Womans Club and (partially visible) McGroarty, with spectators in background
About 20 men and women on outdoor stage with brick steps, some in military uniforms, with man at podium at left, piano at right, about 12 American flags behind stage, other flags, possibly representing veterans' associations, at right, seated audience, some in military hats, viewed from behind, in foreground, with eucalyptus trees in foreground and background
Alice Carter, daughter of Santa Monica mayor William H. Carter, seated on high post or stool with hammer, on deck of S.S. Constitution, with sailor holding plaque against mast, another young woman standing near mast, Captain Louis J. Gulliver in foreground, ropes and ship's wheel at left and right
"Mandalay" float representing the love boat in the play "East is West." One participant is wearing a traditional Chada hat and costume while others don tunics and round hats. The float was entered by the city of Whittier.
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.
Close-up of a girl wearing a traditional Chada hat and a robe and wielding a scepter on the "Mandalay" float representing the love boat in the play "East is West." The float was entered by the city of Whittier.
"Song of the Nile" float with two sphinx statuettes before lounging, costumed participants. One character fans the others with peacock feathers. The float is covered with leafy foliage, and a vase and other decorative elements are visible. The float was entered by the Pasadena Theatres, Inc.
The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition was held in 1909 in Seattle on the University of Washington campus. It celebrated the commerce and cultures of the Pacific Northwest, Alaska/Yukon, and the Pacific Rim regions.
Virginia Pizzini, Miss Venice 1929, with Los Angeles County Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz and many others, most with hands and hats raised. Group is posing on a Venice street with a firefighters' life net, set vertically, on which is drawn a U.S. map, printed with "Miss So. California invites all Elkdom to Los Angeles in 1929."
Parade float with flowers, model church, and five large dolls, with sign reading "Hawkins Antique Dolls Hospital," with houses, palm trees, and cars in background
"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.
Actor Reginald Denny, in rodeo clothing, standing with 2 women in light sleeveless dresses, arm around one, all smiling, with car at right and trees in background
Interior of one end of Los Angeles Coliseum, with canopy over stage area with men and women in 18th-century costume seated and on horseback, with large crowd in foreground and background
Parade float shaped like a bear on a mountaintop, pulled by a team of 4 horses, accompanied by 2 men in Spanish-style clothing, with trees and Los Angeles Coliseum in background
Billboard reads in full: International Golden Rule Week, Dec. 7-14, Bread, Schools, Clothing, Good Will, For Children Everywhere, The Golden Rule Foundation, Lincoln Bldg., New York City
Related to Los Angeles Times article, June 25, 1950, Old-Time Cars to Revive Noted Santa Monica Race. Santa Monica’s famous road race for the Vanderbilt Cup will be revived Sunday, July 16, when 12 old-time race cars roar around a two-mile course … It will be the first time the event has been revived since the seven years from 1910 to 1916. …
Two cars, marked 1 and 2, in cloud of dust, with four men in foreground, crowd in grandstand in background. Two men in car #1 are in helmets, goggles, and shirts reading Isotta Fraschini. Man or men in car #2 are obscured by dust.
Mayor Edmond S. Gillette, in white dinner jacket, seated at long table set with glasses, plates, and flowers, with two men at left and two men and two women at right