For the month of January, we are scanning and sharing a vintage film slide image each day.
The Romance of El Camino Real float in the 1965 Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California.
Vintage Image of the Day: January 1965
The Farmers Insurance Group float featuring Bob Hope in the 1965 Tournament of Roses Parade.
50 years ago today: the 1965 Rose Parade
To kick off our month of scanned slides, we're starting with scenes from the 1965 Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California. Fifty years ago, the grand marshall was Arnold Palmer, and the University of Michigan appeared in the Rose Bowl versus Oregon State.
In 2011, Jonathan and I watched the Rose Parade from the bleachers on Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena. After a lifetime of watching the Rose Parade from home, it was surreal to experience it first-hand. You can see some of the photos I took here.
I have 73 slides from the 1965 Rose Parade, so expect to see more of them over the next few days!
Crazy to think this parade happened fifty years ago today.
I'm sure every little girl wanted to be her.
The See's Candy float featured the Chipmunks singing the Beatles. How awesome is this?!?
Mr. Arnold Palmer and his family.
The University of Michigan's float.
The 25 Days of Christmas - Day 22
Family traditions - Joan and Sid's tree in Cerritos, California in 1983; my bedroom door in Maidenhead, UK in 1989; Joan's Christmas village in Cerritos, California in the early 1990s; and Lauren and my mini Christmas tree in Maidenhead, UK in 1989.