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.

本数据集包含1940年1月1日美国加利福尼亚州帕萨迪纳市年度新年玫瑰花车游行的22幅摄影作品。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。参展花车涵盖南加州电话公司花车（主题为自由女神像与大本钟，搭配一名线路工人）、“[内容无法辨认]纽波特”（帆船造型）、（带树木的房屋造型）、（长颈鹿造型）、“星际阶梯”（台阶上的女性群体造型）、“20世纪先锋者”（坠毁飞机造型）、“青春”（国会大厦造型）、帕萨迪纳商会花车（主题为圣帕斯夸尔牧场）、联合石油公司（Union Oil Company）花车（带有麦克风的“广播”主题造型）、“正义、自由与民主”（鹰与自由女神像造型）、铁路职员兄弟会花车（流线型列车造型）、“机械精英”（手持地球仪的机器人造型）、田纳西州主题花车（南方宅邸搭配“志愿者”字样）、旧金山市主题花车（1940年世界博览会造型）、奥兰治县主题花车（传教站与橙子造型）。影像素材同时收录了沿途人群、马术骑手、机动车辆、行进乐队以及游行路线旁的标识牌。