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lower floats in the Tournament of Roses on New ‘Year's Day in peacetimes. At your left, after a mile of riding, is the block-sized plant of Pasadena Junior College. Ax Garfield avenue is the: CIVIC CENTER Buildings in the group include the architecturally famous City Hall, City Library nd Civie Auditorium where public dances with ig name” bands are held Friday and Saturday nights, 8:30 pm, to 12, admission. 30¢. A few blocks off the Civic Center is the Pasadena Art Institute, at 46 N. Los Robles avenue, with a changing exhibition. Perhaps you may wish to ride oon t Fair Oaks avenue, then walk four blocks tw the: HOSPITALITY HOUSE This is the community's center for service men, Open 9 asa. ta 10:30 p.m.t food, coffee, cigarettes, facilities for bathing, shav ing, shoe-shining, unilorm pressing, cots for rest- ‘program or dance every evening Alter dinner, you will enjoy a pleasant evening at the: PASADENA COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE ‘Tak: “No. 1” bus eastbound, at Fair Oaks avenue, of you may walk. Playhouse is on £ Molino avenue just south of Colorado strect, This is the State Theater of California, It is called the “back door to Hollywood” because so many players have gone from its stage to success in motion pictures. Curtain rises at 8:15 pum. (closed Monday-Tuesday every other week) To return to Los Angeles, catch the Pacific Elec tric car, eastbound, anywhere along Colorado street. Nove: Avoid use of rsh hone transportation, All-Year Club’s SIGHTSEEING JAUNTS FOR ERVICE MEN (Pasadena) This is one of nine andy jaunts to famous attrac- tion—prepared by the Visitors Bureau of the All-Year Club, official tourist organization for Southern California, sos 2 6rh Street (Lor Angeles) 3 doors west of Pershing Square, Call there for others in this series, for Souvenir Sizht- seeing Map and other special, free services. We hope they will encourage you to plan now for a vacation here after the war JAUNT NO. 8 Minimum time half a day, not including Pasadena Playhouse, Street car and bus farce 536 Noter This folder admits a man er woman in uniform te any but Friday or Saturday the Pasadena Community Frost Visitors Bureau walk cast on 6th Street (past Pershing Square) to Pacific Electric railway station at Main street. Board Monrovia car and get transfer to Sierra Madre line. ‘The route skirts car barns and yards of Pacific Blectric railway. This is largest cletric interurban system on earth, Looming at left is huge bull: of Los Angeles County General Hospital—it cost $13,000,000, bas 20 stories, 2500 beds, one acre of kitchens ‘At San Marino station, transfer to Sierra Madre car and ride to “Library Siop." Follow diagonal street at left, San Marino Avenue, and turn left again onto Stratford to gates of Huntington Li- brary & Art Gallery. Hours 1:15 to 4:30 p.m (Closed Mondays and certain holidays). No ad- mission charge. ‘This is one of the most famous institutions ofits kind. Scholars, research men and art connoisseurs come here to study and view the collections, The late Henry E, Huntington spent millions in build- ing up these collections, and then bequeathed them fot public enjoyment. First you enter the: HUNTINGTON LIBRARY From its vaults and files, the Likeary arranges a constantly changing series of exhibits. Some of the rarest treasures are ‘on permanent display. They include: Books from Caxton Press, as early as 1475, with ‘modest imprint: “Emprynted by me, symple per- son William Caxton. shzzutflly illuminated Books of Hous, about French Bible on vellum, 14th Century. Original manuscripts of Poc, Burns, Kipling. ‘After viewing main Library’ and Memorial Art Collection with its tapestries and Sevres porcelain, You may wish a stroll through the gardens. Then enter t ART GALLERY On exhibit arc such famous works as. GAINSBOROUGH'S: “Blue Boy,” REYN- ‘OLDS’ “Marchioness Camden” and ‘Mrs, Edwin Lascelles" ROMNEY's “Mrs, Ralph Willetc” and “Lady Hamilton in a straw hat," ‘TURNER'S Edinborough” and “Venice,” and LAWRENCE'S “Pinkie.” In addition there are Chelsea poreclain, French tapestries in which the weavers miracu- Tously caught the colors and detail of paintings, and gorgeously claborate furniture of the Louis XVI period. Leaving the gallery, turn right, circle end of the building, traverse the porch at the south side, and Gontinve © the right to the Oriental Gardens to the: DESERT PLANT COLLECTION. There's no com parable garden in the world. A few of the weird and beautiful specimens include a flowering pin- cushion cactus 3 feet in diameter; a golden barrel cactus 30 years old and weighing 40 pounds; cactus weighing 5 tons; others towering overhead and flaring with bright Howers, Leave in time to walk back to car line and catch Sicrra Madre car, northbound again, at 4:38 pam. [At Colorado street change to yellow City Lines bus heading west (to the left) into: PASADENA This ride takes you down Colorado street, along part of the route of the gorgeous fresh

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