Spectators line East Colorado Avenue by Bard's Colorado Theater to watch the Rose Parade, Pasadena, 1941

Item Overview

Title

Spectators line East Colorado Avenue by Bard's Colorado Theater to watch the Rose Parade, Pasadena, 1941

Photographer

West, H. H. (Henry Hebard), 1872-1958

Date Created

January 1, 1941

Date

1941-01-01

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

West (H. H.) Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of spectators lining East Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena to watch the Tournament of Roses parade. The photographer stands behind spectators standing on the south side of East Colorado Boulevard. The spectators nearest to the photographer have their backs towards the camera. On the opposite side of the road, spectators stand in front of Bard's Colorado Theater. The marquis reads, "BARD'S C[...]S LAUGHTON AND CAROLE LOMBARD [T]HEY KNEW WHAT THEY WANTED [GA]RY COOPER 'THE WESTERNER' BANK SPIN TOTALING 1000." Additional spectators stand atop the theater's marquis and sit in a balcony on the theater's tower. Flags hang on a line over East Colorado Boulevard. At near right, a few spectators stand behind a barrier and a person's elbow juts into the frame.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 723. Pasadena, Calif. Tournament of Roses. January 1, 1941. 1. A soldier climbs up at rear of a grand stand to see the parade. 2. Parade passing on East Colorado St. 3. Parade on East Colorado street. 3 negatives

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Tournament of Roses

Location

California--Pasadena

Longitude

34.145815

Latitude

-118.129675

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Spectators--California--Pasadena
Motion picture theaters--California--Pasadena