Young women carrying the "Huntington Park High School Band" banner, followed by a drum majorette and the band. The Orth Storage building on the left was located at 238 West Colorado Blvd. (the block later became a freeway overpass). On the right, signs painted on the side of a commercial building read: "Chevrolet, Gwynn Johnson, 245," and "H. R. Slayden."
View down the Rose Parade route on West Colorado Blvd. from St. John Avenue, facing east, towards spectators and a marching band. The Orth Storage commercial building on the right is was located at 238 W. Colorado Blvd. Opposite is a commercial sign reading "Chrysler Plymouth." This block later became a freeway overpass.
The parade was part of the 71st annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, Department of California and Nevada was held in Santa Monica, May 1-6, 1938. The event was noted in the article, “All but Two Ride in Parade: Pair of Nonagenarian G.A.R. Veterans Still Able to March Afoot,” Los Angeles Times, 5 May 1938: A2