Jan. 2, 1933: Two girls dressed as butterflies hold a banner at the start of the parade route. The theme of the 1933 Rose Parade was "Fairy Tales in Flowers." This photo was published in the Jan. 3, 1933, L.A. Times.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Los Angeles Times Archive/UCLA
Link
Jan. 2, 1933: Mary Pickford, grand marshal of the Rose Parade, in a white satin gown, is seated in a coach covered in stevia, roses, sweet peas and gladioli, with a coachman and a footman, drawn by four white horses. The harness of the horses was covered in pink satin ribbon. The photograph was taken in front of the Pasadena Memorial Flagpole (Goodhue Flagpole) at the intersection of Colorado and Orange Grove boulevards. Pickford was the first woman and the first film industry professional to be grand marshal.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Los Angeles Times Archive/UCLA
Link
Jan. 2, 1933: Tournament of Roses Parade Grand Marshal actress Mary Pickford rides a float. The print has artist retouching to the right of Pickford.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Wide World Photos
Link
Jan. 2, 1933: "Alice in Wonderland" float. The Red Queen is played by Cricket Caukin, the March Hare is played by Marvel Purrucker, the Mad Hatter is played by Jean Bellinger, Alice is played by Dorothy Clayton, the little fairy is Laura Jacobson and Eugene Ober and Eugene Pitzer are the gnomes. The float was entered by the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce. This photograph was taken on Orange Grove Boulevard before the start of the Rose Parade. Photo published in the Jan. 3, 1933, L.A. Times.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Los Angeles Times Archive/UCLA
Link
1933 Tournament of Roses Queen Dorothy Edwards, with her royal court of 12 maidens, kneels as a page crowns her with a floral wreath. This image may have been taken on Dec. 28, 1932, at the Tournament of Roses coronation ball.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Los Angeles Times Archive/UCLA
Link
Jan. 2, 1933: A portion of the "Camp Baldy" float, representing winter sports, with four riders and a floral bear. This photo was published in the Jan. 3, 1933, L.A. Times.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Los Angeles Times Archive/UCLA
Link
Jan. 2, 1933: The Carnation float features a gigantic milk bottle, nine feet high, constructed of white and cream-colored carnations, with a tiny fairy queen seated on top. The float is drawn by a champion eight-horse Percheron team and was entered by the Carnation Milk Co. The float won the President's Trophy.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Los Angeles Times Archive/UCLA
Link
Jan. 2, 1933: The "Casino at Catalina Island" float with a floral duplicate of the casino with Marion Sloane and Hermine Sierks in bathing costumes riding swordfish, and 2 walkers in winged costumes. This photo was published in the Jan. 3, 1933, L.A. Times.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Los Angeles Times Archive/UCLA
Link
Jan. 2, 1933: The "Castle in Spain" float with a miniature castle perched on a mountain with a princess and ladies in waiting seated around it. The float was entered by the city of Santa Barbara.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Los Angeles Times Archive/UCLA
Link
Jan.2, 1933: The "Fairyland" float featuring a large 16 foot basket of roses in a garden with mushrooms and inhabited by four fairies and four elves. The float was entered by the Pasadena Park Department. This photo was published in the Jan. 3, 1933 LA Times.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Los Angeles Times Archive/UCLA
Link
Jan. 2, 1933: The Grand Sweepstakes prize-winning "Hansel and Gretel" float, entered by the city of Glendale, with Jewell Lorraine Newcomb as Gretel and Jimmy Strand as Hansel. The float is seen at the intersection of Colorado and Orange Grove boulevards. The float was designed by Georgia Josephine Chobe.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Los Angeles Times Archive/UCLA
Link
On the "Hansel and Gretel" float, designer Georgia Chobe with the children who played the characters on the float, Jewell Lorraine Newcomb and Jimmy Strand.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Los Angeles Times Archive/UCLA
Link
Jan. 2, 1933: On the "Lady of the Silver Moon" float sits Faria Nell Clayton as the "Lady." The float, based on a Chinese legend, was sponsored by the Santa Ana Board of Education. This photo was published in the Jan. 3, 1933, L.A. Times.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Los Angeles Times Archive/UCLA
Link
Jan. 2, 1933: The cIty of Long Beach's "Peacock" float had a large floral peacock at the front, a fountain with white swans drinking in the middle, and the queen, Marjorie Wise, with Betty Service and Gene Beerkle, maids in waiting, seated in a pagoda-like structure at the back. The Pasadena Memorial Flagpole (Goodhue Flagpole) is visible behind the float in at the intersection of Orange Grove and Colorado boulevards. This float was the Theme Prize winner.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Los Angeles Times Archive/UCLA
Link
Jan. 2, 1933: Dorothy Edwards, queen of the 1933 Tournament of Roses, sits on a floral throne beneath a floral canopy with Norma Hassler, left, seated next to her. This photo was published in the Jan. 3, 1933, L.A. Times.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Los Angeles Times Archive/UCLA
Link
Jan. 2, 1933: Front section of the "Queen of the Fairies" float with two outwalkers costumed as butterflies on the right. This photo was published in the Jan. 3, 1933, Los Angeles Times.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Los Angeles Times Archive/UCLA
Link
Jan. 2, 1933: "Queen Titania," Esther Ruth, wears a white satin gown with a lavender veil with floral wings 10 feet high and 15 feet wide on the city of Altadena float. This photo was published in the Jan. 3, 1933, L.A. Times.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Los Angeles Times Archive/UCLA
Link
Jan. 2, 1933: One of the guards on the "Rainbow Palace" float, entered by the city of Inglewood. This photo was published in the Jan. 3, 1933, L.A. Times.
Link
Jan. 2, 1933: Fairies Dorothy Jean Durand and Mary McCrory before the Tournament of Roses Parade. They rode on the "Pasadena Fairyland" float sponsored by the Pasadena Park Department. This photo was published in the Jan. 3, 1933, L.A. Times.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Los Angeles Times Archive/UCLA
Link
Jan. 2, 1933: View of the Tournament of Roses Parade on Colorado Boulevard, facing west from Marengo Avenue. The F. C. Nash & Co. commercial building is visible at right.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Los Angeles Times Archive/UCLA
Link
Jan. 2, 1933: Aerial view of 1933 Tournament of Roses Parade. At the top is the intersection of Colorado and Orange Grove boulevards. The image was taken by "Wide World Photos" -- handwritten on the bottom of the photo. Wide World photos is now part of Associated Press. Black lines are crop marks left when the photo was published in the Jan. 3, 1933, L.A. Times.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Wide World Photos
LinkMore galleries on Framework
return to gallery
Pictures in the News | Jan. 24, 2012
We begin Tuesday's Pictures in the News in South Korea, where Buddhist monks collect the ashes of high priest Ji-Kwan from a pyre during a cremation ceremony at the Heain-sa... View Post»
With HIV diagnoses on the rise, Western medicine and traditional Native American healing converge at the Indian Medical Center in Gallup, N.M., to treat members of the Navajo... View Post»
A storm near Antarctica, Australia and New Zealand has created a strong southwest swell that is hitting the Southern California coast. Pedestrians had to take take quick... View Post»
