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.

本数据集收录了1940年美国加利福尼亚州帕萨迪纳市年度新年玫瑰花车游行（New Year's Rose Parade）的23张摄影作品。这是玫瑰游行盛典（Tournament of Roses）首次开展电视转播的年份，当时由唐李广播公司（Don Lee Broadcasting）旗下的W6XAO台承担转播工作。本次游行的花车阵容包括：美国童子军（Boy Scouts of America，主题为太阳与帐篷）、持盾火炬女性主题花车、圣贝纳迪诺市（国家柑橘展主题）、科罗纳多（滑水主题）、帕萨迪纳票据交换所（基座立像女性主题）、联合服务俱乐部（利刃切割地球仪主题）、圣加布里埃尔（铃铛主题）、伯班克（自由女神像（Statue of Liberty）主题）、圣克拉拉县（拱门下女性主题）、鲍尔迪营地（雪人主题）、太平洋玫瑰协会花车、游行元帅专属花车（玫瑰主题）、波特兰（拱门下女性主题）以及帕洛玛天文台（Palomar Observatory）花车。此外，数据集还涵盖了游行中的马术队伍、行进乐队、围观群众、电影摄影机、游行沿线标识牌、手持售卖托盘的男子，以及搭载玫瑰游行盛典时任主席哈兰·G·劳德（Harlan G. Loud）的公务汽车。