Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
A float with a group of people in costumes in an early Tournament of Roses parade. Men stand in front of the float wearing leggings and tunic-like shirts, while women in white dresses and fancy headdresses are seated on the float.
photCL 402 (37008H)
Visual Materials
Photo of young man with horses pulling a parade float with two more men and a teepee on it.
photCL 39 (379)
Manuscripts
Glass plate with a view of a horse-drawn parade float in an unknown location. There are two men in white outfits, each standing next to a pair horses that is draped in white with feathery horns behind their ears. Two young men, one in an army uniform, one in a navy uniform, are seated on the white float, holding a rifle, which they have crossed in front of a woman or statue of a woman draped in the American flag. There are children with bicycles on the side of the tree-lined street and a car partially blocked by the float.
mssLattaS, Box 110, Folder 1, Item 1
Visual Materials
1928 Tournament of Roses float from Richfield Oil Company float. The float is shaped like a plane, and spelled out on the side is "Spirit of California" and "Richfield". A man dressed as an aviator crouches near the front of the float.
photCL 402 (30857A)
Visual Materials
Two horses pull a parade float with an aviary theme, decorated with a large birdcage and birds. One of the horses wears a banner reading "Raymond Hotel."
photPF 9601
Visual Materials
View of the Crane Company Float for the "Better Health Week" parade, with several young people sitting on it, dressed as sailors and holding banjos. "Crane" is spelled out in flowers on the side of the float and there is a small model bathroom behind the youths.
photCL 402 (29887)
