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Title
"The Wedding of the Orange" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1927
Date Created and/or Issued
January 1, 1927
1927-01-01
Publication Information
Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information
US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
"The Wedding of the Orange" float with Lucille Brown as the bride, Alpheus Hott as the bridegroom, Norton Barnum as the minister, Eddie Rogers as the best man, Daisy Herlinger as the matron of honor, Frances Atwood, Brownette Kramer, Margaret Cairnes, Ruth McGraw, and Mildred Waycott as bridesmaids. The float was entered by the San Bernardino National Orange Show.
1927 was the first year the the Rose Parade had a theme, "Songs in Flowers," with each float typifying a song
Text from negative sleeve: Tournament of Roses, 1927. nitrates.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_3365
ark:/21198/zz002cnz4r
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Parades & processions--California--Pasadena
Entertainment
Events
Transportation
Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena
National Orange Show
Tournament of Roses
Barnum, Norton
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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