Humboldt County Fished for Compliments With Its Float at the 1939 Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade

The 1939 Humboldt County float at the Tournament of Roses Parade held for the 50th time in Pasadena that year. [Colorized by Carl Young]

According to the LA Times, Humboldt County’s float consisted of “redwood bark, fashioned to look like a split log. Hazel Weaver, dressed as a “Barefoot Boy” in overalls, holds a fishing rod hooked to a 16-foot salmon. The five other “Barefoot Boys” were Hazel Bronson, Gertrude Arthur, Alice Hendrix, Bernice Landon, and Marion Lane.”

At least one descendent of Hazel Weaver, Del Scriven, lived in Eureka until his death in 2018.

Note: Many thanks to Carl Young who brings old photos to life by colorizing them. He often posts his enlivened photos on Humboldt County, California in pictures, old and new.