Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. John Denholm will be using the small artillery trumpet to herald the Pasadena Tournament of Roses parade, just as this trumpet has been used every year in the parade since 1910. For 25 years Denholm was the herald of the parade until 1931, when he moved East to Pennsylvania. Photograph appears with the article, "Herald of Former Days Will Lead Rose Parade," Los Angeles Times, 15 July 1935: A12. Wearing his military uniform, including hat and decretory medals, Lt. Denholm blows into the bugle. Text from negative sleeve: 1156 - Lt. John R. Denholm Bugler [stamped:] Jul 17 1935 Handwritten on negative: Lt. John R. Denholm Text from newspaper caption: John R. Denholm, for twenty-five years trumpeter at the Pasadena Tournament of Roses, will herald the advent of the annual spectacle next January.
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image
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_7479 ark:/21198/zz002df5rp
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No linguistic content
Subject
Military officers--American--California--Los Angeles Heralds Military decorations--California--Los Angeles Uniforms Bugles Denholm, John Roswell, 1892-1944
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