Mary Pickford, Grand Marshal of the Tournament of Roses Parade, in a flower-covered coach, Pasadena, 1933

Item Overview

Title

Mary Pickford, Grand Marshal of the Tournament of Roses Parade, in a flower-covered coach, Pasadena, 1933

Date Created

January 2, 1933

Date

1933-01-02

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Mary Pickford, Grand Marshal of the Rose Parade, in a white satin gown, 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 Blvd. and Orange Grove Blvd. Mary Pickford was the first woman and the first film industry professional to be a Grand Marshal of the parade.
The theme of the 1933 forty-fourth annual Rose Parade was "Fairy Tales in Flowers."

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: Tournament of Roses, 1933

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Dimensions

4 x 5 inches

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Tournament of Roses
Pickford, Mary, 1892-1979
Goodhue Flagpole (Pasadena, Calif.)

Location

Pasadena (Calif.)

Longitude

34.14558829656050

Latitude

-118.16034078598000

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Parades & processions--California--Pasadena
Culture
Arts
Entertainment
Events
Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena