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日美国加利福尼亚州帕萨迪纳市年度新年玫瑰花车游行的纪实照片。该次玫瑰花车锦标赛是首次实现电视转播的一届，由唐·李广播公司（Don Lee Broadcasting）旗下的W6XAO台负责此次转播。本次收录的花车主题包括：南加州电话公司（Southern California Telephone Company）打造的"自由女神像与大本钟"主题花车（搭配线路工人造型）、[字迹无法辨认]新港（Newport）帆船主题花车、带绿植的住宅主题花车、长颈鹿造型花车、"星途阶梯（Stairway to the Stars）"（阶梯上的女性形象）主题花车、"20世纪拓荒者（20th Century Pioneers）"（坠毁飞机造型）主题花车、"青春（Youth）"（国会大厦造型）主题花车、帕萨迪纳商会（Pasadena Chamber of Commerce）打造的"圣帕斯夸尔牧场（Rancho San Pascual）"主题花车、联合石油公司（Union Oil Company）的"广播（Radio）"主题花车（搭配麦克风造型）、"正义、自由与民主（Justice Freedom & Democracy）"主题花车（鹰与自由女神像造型）、铁路职员兄弟会（Brotherhood of Railway Clerks）的"流线型列车（Streamliner train）"主题花车、"机械能手（Mechanical Ace）"（手持地球仪的机器人造型）主题花车、田纳西州主题花车（带有"The Volunteer"标识的南方庄园造型）、旧金山市主题花车（1940年世博会（1940 World's Fair）造型）、奥兰治县主题花车（传教站与橙子造型）。画面中还呈现了游行人群、马术骑手、机动车辆、行进乐队，以及沿途设置的标识标牌。