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Lightly poised upon a single branch of acacia, a yellow butterfly emerging from its chrysalis heralded the 1915 Pasadena Tournament of Roses float for the City of Arcadia. The entry was designed by Mrs. Anita Baldwin McClaughry. Formed of yellow roses, marigolds and pom pom chrysanthemums, the butterfly is emerging from a chrysalis of gray-green foliage nine feet in length. This was the first official City of Arcadia entry in the Rose Parade.

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Date: January 1915

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Date: January 1915

Subjects: Tournament of Roses-Floats-1915

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1281

Collection: Photographs

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"Spring is in the Air," Arcadia's float entry in the 1981 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, features butterflies with ancient Chinese patterns on their wings. The Arcadia Rose Court rides on the float.

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Date: January 1981

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Date: January 1981

Subjects: Tournament of Roses-Floats-1981

Physical Description: 8x10 color

ID: 1311

Collection: Photographs

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"Ye Fairy of Ye Oak," 1915 Pasadena Tournament of Roses float entered by Mrs. Anita Baldwin McClaughry. Dextra McClaughry (age 13) and Baldwin McClaughry (age 10), children of Anita, rode on the float. Dextra, the Queen of Fairyland, stood beneath a spreading oak while the floor of the carriage was converted into a meadowland of softest green upon which shell pink roses, lilies-of-the-valley and hyacinths grew.

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Date: January 1915

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Date: January 1915

Subjects: Tournament of Roses-Floats-1915

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1282

Collection: Photographs

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"I love a parade," Arcadia's float entry in the 1968 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, presented a boy on skates pulling a wagon in which the Arcadia Rose Court rode. It was 55 feet long and 17 feet high at its highest point. A framed copy of this removed from wall outside Admin. office and currently stored in map case in basement, as of February 2017.

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Date: January 1968

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Date: January 1968

Subjects: Tournament of Roses-Floats-1968

Physical Description: 8x10 color

ID: 1300

Collection: Photographs

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"Magical Moments," Arcadia's float entry in the 1987 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, features a gigantic top hat from which a magic rabbit rises to a height of 30 feet. The Arcadia Rose Court rides on the float.

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Date: January 1987

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Date: January 1987

Subjects: Tournament of Roses-Floats-1987

Physical Description: 8x10 color

ID: 1317

Collection: Photographs

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Artist's sketches of "A Day at the Races," Arcadia's float entry in the 1993 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade.

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Date: January 1993

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Date: January 1993

Subjects: Tournament of Roses-Floats-1993

Physical Description: 8x10 color; 8x10 b&w

ID: 1331

Collection: Photographs

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"100 Years of Good Health, Happiness, and Prosperity," Arcadia's float entry in the 2003 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade. Front view showing the "Queen's Trophy" award banner won for most effective use and display of roses in concept, design and presentation.

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Date: January 1, 2003

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Date: January 1, 2003

Subjects: Tournament of Roses - Floats - 2003; Centennial Celebrations, 2003

Physical Description: 5x7 color

ID: 1704

Collection: Photographs

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"Hobby Horse," Arcadia's float entry in the 1938 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade featured a boy riding a chrysanthemum horseshoe.

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Date: January 1938

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Date: January 1938

Subjects: Tournament of Roses-Floats-1938

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1290

Collection: Photographs

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"A Day at the Races," Arcadia's float entry in the 1993 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, salutes Santa Anita Race Track.

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Date: January 1993

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Date: January 1993

Subjects: Tournament of Roses-Floats-1993

Physical Description: 8x10 color

ID: 1330

Collection: Photographs

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"On the Air," a combined Arcadia-Monrovia float entry in the 1940 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, featured a floral radio. Ten people rode on the float.

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Date: January 1940

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Date: January 1940

Subjects: Tournament of Roses-Floats-1940

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1291

Collection: Photographs

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"Where Dreams Come True," Arcadia's float entry in the 1991 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, presents a frog prince surrounded by gardens and the Arcadia Rose Court.

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Date: January 1991

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Date: January 1991

Subjects: Tournament of Roses-Floats-1991

Physical Description: 8x10 color

ID: 1321

Collection: Photographs

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Arcadia's 1930 float entry in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, "May Day," featured school children dancing around a maypole.

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Date: January 1930

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Date: January 1930

Subjects: Tournament of Roses-Floats-1930

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1285

Collection: Photographs

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"Happy New Year," Arcadia's float entry in the 1989 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, features a top hat and cane, a pair of white gloves and two champagne glasses overflowing with orchids and roses. The Arcadia Rose Court rides on the float.

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Date: January 1989

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Date: January 1989

Subjects: Tournament of Roses-Floats-1989

Physical Description: 8x10 color

ID: 1319

Collection: Photographs

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"Follow Your Dreams," Arcadia's float entry in the 1978 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, features a floral rainbow with 30,000 spinning discs. The Arcadia Rose Court rides on the float. Festival Artists.

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Date: January 1978

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Date: January 1978

Subjects: Tournament of Roses-Floats-1978

Physical Description: 8x10 color

ID: 1308

Collection: Photographs

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"Spirit of '76," Arcadia's float in the 1941 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, reproduced the original masterpiece in pom poms, cornflowers, daisies, delphinium, larkspur, calendulas, sweet peas and Talisman roses.

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Date: January 1941

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Date: January 1941

Subjects: Tournament of Roses-Floats-1941

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1292

Collection: Photographs

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"Arcadia-Newcastle: Sister Cities," Arcadia's float entry in the 1982 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, features peacocks and koalas standing amidst an Australian tea tree. The Arcadia Rose Court rides on the float.

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Date: January 1982

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Date: January 1982

Subjects: Tournament of Roses-Floats-1982

Physical Description: 8x10 color

ID: 1313

Collection: Photographs

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"Your Own Back Yard," Arcadia's float entry in the 1992 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, features a garden area centerpieced by a large tree and tree house. Riding on the float is the Arcadia Rose Court.

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Date: January 1992

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Date: January 1992

Subjects: Tournament of Roses-Floats-1992

Physical Description: 8x10 color

ID: 1322

Collection: Photographs

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Arcadia's 1929 float entry in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, "The Old Oaken Bucket." This float was entered by the Boy Scouts. Wishing well is blurry under a canopy.

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Date: January 1929

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Date: January 1929

Subjects: Tournament of Roses-Floats-1929

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1284

Collection: Photographs

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"Sunday in the Park," Arcadia's float entry in the 1986 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, features a Victorian family enjoying a walk in the park. The parents push a perambulator with the Arcadia Rose Court.

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Date: January 1986

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Date: January 1986

Subjects: Tournament of Roses-Floats-1986

Physical Description: 8x10 color

ID: 1316

Collection: Photographs

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"The First Americans," Arcadia's float entry in the 1975 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade. A bust of an unnamed American Indian dominates this tribute. Surrounding the sculpture is a copy of an Indian belt. The Indian head was the largest facial sculpture in Rose Parade history at that time.

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Date: January 1975

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Date: January 1975

Subjects: Tournament of Roses-Floats-1975

Physical Description: 8x10 color

ID: 1328

Collection: Photographs

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"Spring is in the Air," Arcadia's float entry in the 1981 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, features butterflies with ancient Chinese patterns on their wings. The Arcadia Rose Court rides on the float.

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"Magical Moments," Arcadia's float entry in the 1987 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, features a gigantic top hat from which a magic rabbit rises to a height of 30 feet. The Arcadia Rose Court rides on the float.

Images

Artist's sketches of "A Day at the Races," Arcadia's float entry in the 1993 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade.

Images

"100 Years of Good Health, Happiness, and Prosperity," Arcadia's float entry in the 2003 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade. Front view showing the "Queen's Trophy" award banner won for most effective use and display of roses in concept, design and presentation.

Images

"Hobby Horse," Arcadia's float entry in the 1938 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade featured a boy riding a chrysanthemum horseshoe.

Images

"A Day at the Races," Arcadia's float entry in the 1993 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, salutes Santa Anita Race Track.

Images

"On the Air," a combined Arcadia-Monrovia float entry in the 1940 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, featured a floral radio. Ten people rode on the float.

Images

"Where Dreams Come True," Arcadia's float entry in the 1991 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, presents a frog prince surrounded by gardens and the Arcadia Rose Court.

Images

Arcadia's 1930 float entry in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, "May Day," featured school children dancing around a maypole.

Images

"Happy New Year," Arcadia's float entry in the 1989 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, features a top hat and cane, a pair of white gloves and two champagne glasses overflowing with orchids and roses. The Arcadia Rose Court rides on the float.

Images

"Follow Your Dreams," Arcadia's float entry in the 1978 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, features a floral rainbow with 30,000 spinning discs. The Arcadia Rose Court rides on the float. Festival Artists.

Images

"Spirit of '76," Arcadia's float in the 1941 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, reproduced the original masterpiece in pom poms, cornflowers, daisies, delphinium, larkspur, calendulas, sweet peas and Talisman roses.

Images

"Arcadia-Newcastle: Sister Cities," Arcadia's float entry in the 1982 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, features peacocks and koalas standing amidst an Australian tea tree. The Arcadia Rose Court rides on the float.

Images

"Your Own Back Yard," Arcadia's float entry in the 1992 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, features a garden area centerpieced by a large tree and tree house. Riding on the float is the Arcadia Rose Court.

Images

Arcadia's 1929 float entry in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, "The Old Oaken Bucket." This float was entered by the Boy Scouts. Wishing well is blurry under a canopy.

Images

"Sunday in the Park," Arcadia's float entry in the 1986 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, features a Victorian family enjoying a walk in the park. The parents push a perambulator with the Arcadia Rose Court.

Images

"The First Americans," Arcadia's float entry in the 1975 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade. A bust of an unnamed American Indian dominates this tribute. Surrounding the sculpture is a copy of an Indian belt. The Indian head was the largest facial sculpture in Rose Parade history at that time.

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