1937

“The Honeymoon.” Cupid sitting in a mass of roses steers the journey for two young lovers posed under a canopy of strung sweetpeas.
Source: The Pasadena Star-News and The Pasadena Post Tournament of Roses Annual Souvenir Book, New Years Day, 1937

The city’s 1937 entry, “The Honeymoon,” depicting a young couple being ferried in a rowboat, won a special prize.
Excerpt from The SouthPas Float Story-2006 Official Souvenir “a History of Doing it Ourselves“ by Jim Taveres