Rose Parade, Pasadena, Calif., 1940

23 photographs of the annual New Year's Rose Parade in Pasadena, CA, 1940. This was the first year the Tournament of Roses was televised, at this time by Don Lee Broadcasting's W6XAO. Floats include: Boy Scouts of America (sun and teepee), woman with shield and torch, San Bernardino (National Orange Show), Coronado (water skiing), Pasadena Clearing House (woman on pedestal), United Service Clubs (knife cutting globe), San Gabriel (bell), Burbank (Statue of Liberty), Santa Clara County (woman under arch), Camp Baldy (snowman), Pacific Rose Society, grand marshal's float (roses), Portland (woman under arch), and the Palomar Observatory. Also included are equestrians, marching bands, crowds of watchers, motion picture cameras, signs along the parade route, a man with a vending tray, and an automobile carrying the Tournament of Roses President Harlan G. Loud.

本数据集包含23张1940年加利福尼亚州帕萨迪纳市年度新年玫瑰花车游行（Rose Parade）的实拍照片。该年是玫瑰花车游行锦标赛（Tournament of Roses）首次开展电视转播的年份，本次转播由唐·李广播公司（Don Lee Broadcasting）旗下的W6XAO台承办。本次游行的参展花车包括：美国童子军花车（主题为太阳与印第安帐篷）、持盾牌与火炬的女性形象花车、圣贝纳迪诺市花车（国家柑橘展主题）、科罗纳多市花车（滑水主题）、帕萨迪纳票据交换所花车（基座伫立女性形象）、联合服务俱乐部花车（刀具切割地球仪主题）、圣加布里埃尔市花车（铃铛主题）、伯班克市花车（自由女神像主题）、圣克拉拉县花车（拱门下的女性形象）、鲍尔迪营花车（雪人主题）、太平洋玫瑰协会花车、大元帅花车（玫瑰主题）、波特兰市花车（拱门下的女性形象）以及帕洛玛天文台（Palomar Observatory）花车。此外，影像素材还包含马术方队、行进乐队、围观民众、电影摄影机、游行路线旁的标识标牌、一名手持售货托盘的男子，以及搭载玫瑰花车游行锦标赛主席哈兰·G·劳德（Harlan G. Loud）的汽车。