Rose Parade, Pasadena, Calif., 1940

22 photographs of the annual New Year's Rose Parade in Pasadena, California, 1940 January 1. This was the first year the Tournament of Roses was televised, at this time by Don Lee Broadcasting's W6XAO. Floats include ones from the Southern California Telephone Company (Statue of Liberty and Big Ben) with a lineman, "[illegible] Newport" (sailboat), (house with trees), (giraffe), "Stairway to the Stars" (women on steps), "20th Century Pioneers" (crashed airplane), "Youth" (capitol building), Pasadena Chamber of Commerce (Rancho San Pascual), Union Oil Company ("Radio" with microphone), "Justice Freedom & Democracy" (eagle and Statue of Liberty), Brotherhood of Railway Clerks ("Streamliner train"), "Mechanical Ace" (robot with globe), Tennessee (southern mansion with "The Volunteer"), San Francisco (1940 World's Fair), Orange (mission and oranges). Also shown are crowds, equestrians, automobiles, and marching bands as well as signs on the route.

本数据集收录1940年1月1日加利福尼亚州帕萨迪纳市年度新年玫瑰花车游行的22张纪实照片。该届赛事是玫瑰花车游行首次实现电视转播，由唐·李广播公司（Don Lee Broadcasting）旗下的W6XAO台负责播出。本次游行的花车包括：南加州电话公司（Southern California Telephone Company）打造的主题花车，造型为自由女神像与大本钟，搭配一名线路检修工人；标注为「[无法辨认]纽波特」的帆船主题花车；带树木的房屋造型花车；长颈鹿造型花车；"Stairway to the Stars"（星梯）主题花车，搭配台阶上的女性造型；"20th Century Pioneers"（20世纪先驱者）主题花车，造型为坠毁飞机；"Youth"（青年）主题花车，造型为国会大厦；帕萨迪纳商会（Pasadena Chamber of Commerce）的"Rancho San Pascual"（圣帕斯夸尔牧场）主题花车；联合石油公司（Union Oil Company）的"Radio"（无线电）主题花车，搭配麦克风造型；"Justice Freedom & Democracy"（正义、自由与民主）主题花车，造型为鹰与自由女神像；铁路职员兄弟会（Brotherhood of Railway Clerks）的"Streamliner train"（流线型列车）主题花车；"Mechanical Ace"（机械能手）主题花车，造型为手持地球仪的机器人；田纳西州主题花车，搭配南方庄园与"The Volunteer"字样；旧金山市主题花车，以1940年世博会为主题；奥兰治县主题花车，造型为教会与橙子。画面中还呈现了游行沿线的人群、马术骑手、汽车、行进乐队以及沿途标识。