The first base was established in 1929, while the last, Little America V, was established in 1956 at Kainan Bay. Little America II was established in 1934, and during the 1934-1935 expedition, many souvenir letters were sent from Little America, using a commemorative postage stamp issued by the U.S. government. Glendale's float received a special award, a consolation prize after the float's entry having been delayed en route to the parade.
The float was sponsored by the International Association of Machinists, District Lodge 727, and engineers from the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. The float was used in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade in 1946 and featured five women representing one of the "Big Five" nations: the United States, England, France, China, and Russia.
Aerial view of the Tournament of Roses parade, which returned to Pasadena this year for the first time since 1941. The annual parade was not held during the war
Photograph of a soldier and other fellow spectators sitting and standing on the scaffolding that supports a grandstand at the Tournament of Roses parade in Pasadena. The camera looks up from the ground towards the grandstand and views it from the back and the side. The grandstand stands at right. At the corner, a soldier (center) stands and peers over to the left. Other spectators sit on the scaffolding beams beneath the grandstand with their backs to the camera. A row at the top of the grandstand is visible. Here, spectators sit with their backs to the camera as well. Trees stand on the left side of the image.
Image depicting an early model automobile covered with foliage. Robert Gaylord (possibly African American) is in the driver's seat of a Milwaukee horseless carriage, dressed in a suit and cap. The car is in a driveway with a house in the background. This was the first year that there were automobiles in the Tournament of Roses parade.
Two white horses pulling a carriage with four young women holding parasols and one male driver at the intersection of S. Raymond Ave. and E. Colorado Blvd. The horses and carriage are decorated with garlands. Men in Spanish costume ride horses on both sides of the carriage. Several people, horses, and bicycles are in the background. American flags hang over the parade route.