These days, the Rose Bowl athletic stadium in Pasadena is known not just as a college football (and soccer) venue, but for its annual New Year’s Day Tournament of Roses Parade. This photo was taken in 1922, the year the stadium was built. It opened on October 28, 1922 (the first Rose Bowl game was on January 1, 1923) but it’s starting to take form, so I’m guessing this was taken over the summer. And if this photo is anything to go by, the place was built using mulepower!
Tim P says: “The first “Rose Bowl” game in the new stadium was January 1, 1923, but the Tournament of Roses east versus west football game dates back to 1902. Before the Rose Bowl stadium was built, the game was played in Tournament Park, now an athletic field at Caltech.”
The Rose Parade was well in stride by the time this picture was taken, having first been held in 1890. The parade is now administrated by the foundation from the Wrigley Mansion in Pasadena. The Wrigley family is famed for the chewing gum, Chicago Cubs and the two baseball fields (Chicago and Los Angeles)