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Rose Parade float, Pasadena. approximately 1909?

Description: A horse-drawn Rose Parade float entitled "Pasadena the best on Earth", with a large flower-covered globe. The horses are draped with cloth with the words "Pasadena Reatly Board" on the side. One of the horses has an African American man dressed in white holding its bridle.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1909?
Call number: photCL 402 (37008A)
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Floats in early Tournament of Roses parade, Pasadena. approximately 1909

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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)

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Visual Materials

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photCL 39 (379)

Horse-drawn parade float

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

Richfield Oil Company float for the 1928 Tournament of Roses, Pasadena. 1928

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)

Raymond Hotel Rose Parade float

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

Crane Company Float for the "Better Health Week" parade, South Broadway, Pasadena. 1927

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)

Rose Parade float, Pasadena. approximately 1909?

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