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. Grandstand view of the 3 floats rounding a curve at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.: "Pink Shell," submitted by Manhattan Beach, with Elnora Record seated in a large, pink shell riding the crest of a wave, with Helene Epperson and Charlotte Havlu costumed as mermaids riding surfboards, and 2 little girls, Barbara Mae Pitzer and Rosemary Dubarry seated on either side; "Benjamin Franklin" submitted by Altadena showing Benjamin Franklin (Howard J. Stevenson) and a young assistant (Mickey McCarty) working at a hand press; and Inglewood's "Pioneer Memorial" float with a scout on a prancing floral steed with pioneer women and scouts seated below (Helen Robbins, Jean Teel, Alice Carmichael, Betty Ann Earl and Barbara Ziegler). The theme of the 1936 forty-seventh annual Rose Parade was "History in Flowers." Text from negative sleeve: 4304, Feb 4-36. Snyder negs on Parade, Floats only.
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13421 ark:/21198/zz002hnmgr
Subject
Parades & processions--California--Pasadena Floats (Parades)--California--Los Angeles Spectators--California--Pasadena Stevenson, Howard J., 1913-1971 Havlu, Barbara B., b. 1918 or 19 McCarty, Mickey Carmichael, Alice Viola, 1923-2006 Dubarry, Rosemary Teel, Jean Robbins, Helen Laverne, 1923-1991 Tournament of Roses Earl, Betty Ann, b. 1922 or 23 Pitzer, Barbara Ann Record, Elnora V., b. 1917 Epperson, Helene Ziegler, Barbara
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