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 Haynes Foundation funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. This photograph appears with the headline, "Burbank wins Rose Tournament Sweepstakes and Oakland Takes Theme Prize," Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan 1939: B. A large crowd of spectators watches a parade float made of roses, lavender, and chrysanthemums that features a stagecoach with driver and women holding parasols sitting on top. Four horses made of flowers lead the stagecoach and "BURBANK" is spelled out in dark flowers on the side. Atop the float are Leo Burt, Elmer Forsyth, Al Cooper, Pearl Ramgren, Marguerite Harp, and Nancy Hungate. The 1939 Tournament of Roses theme was Golden Jubilee to mark the 50th anniversary of the parade. Shirley Temple served as Grand Marshal. Text from newspaper caption: Burbank harked back in the Golden Memories to the days of coaches with the "Tallyho of 1889" float. Four graceful, prancing snow-white horses and roses and lavender coach travel along a white road bordered with rose chrysanthemums. Text from negative sleeve: 15283 Rose Parade 1939, 4
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_14714 ark:/21198/zz002j8bx3
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Parades & processions--California--Pasadena Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena Spectators--California--Pasadena Tournament of Roses
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