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22张拍摄于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照片。1940年是该玫瑰花车游行（Tournament of Roses）首次进行电视转播的年份，本次转播由唐·李广播公司（Don Lee Broadcasting）旗下的W6XAO频道完成。本次游行的花车包括：南加州电话公司（Southern California Telephone Company）的主题花车——造型为自由女神像与大本钟，搭配一名线路工人；标注为「[难以辨认] 纽波特」的花车（帆船造型）；房屋与树木造型花车；长颈鹿造型花车；「星际阶梯（Stairway to the Stars）」花车（台阶上的女性造型）；「20世纪先驱者（20th Century Pioneers）」花车（坠毁的飞机造型）；「青春（Youth）」花车（国会大厦造型）；帕萨迪纳商会（Pasadena Chamber of Commerce）的主题花车（圣帕斯夸尔牧场（Rancho San Pascual）造型）；联合石油公司（Union Oil Company）的主题花车（带有麦克风的「广播（Radio）」主题造型）；「正义、自由与民主（Justice Freedom & Democracy）」花车（雄鹰与自由女神像造型）；铁路职员兄弟会（Brotherhood of Railway Clerks）的主题花车（流线型列车造型）；「机械精英（Mechanical Ace）」花车（手持地球仪的机器人造型）；田纳西州主题花车（南方宅邸搭配标语"The Volunteer"）；旧金山市主题花车（1940年世界博览会（1940 World's Fair）造型）；奥兰治县主题花车（传教站与橙子造型）。此外，影像内容还涵盖游行沿途的人群、马术参与者、汽车、行进乐队以及路边标识。