Tournament of Roses trophy presentation. Pictured from left: Mayor Raymond R. Tucker; John H. Poelker, comptroller of city of St. Louis; Stanley L. Hahn, President, Tournament of Roses Association; August A. Busch, Jr.
"Tournament of Roses trophy being presented to Richard A. Meyer, vice president and general manager of Anheuser-Busch, by J. Randolph Richards, president of Tournament of Roses Association. Looking on is Mayor Raymond Tucker and Mrs. J. Randolph Richards."
"For Immediate Release: St. Louis City Officials, Mayor John H. Poelker, second from right, and Comptroller John F. Bass, far right, accepted the award won by the City of St. Louis entry in the Tournament of Roses Parade on January 1, with August A. Busch, Jr., second from left, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Anheuser-Busch, Inc., accepting the award on behalf of the company which has sponsored all St. Louis entries in the Parade since 1953. Presenting the award were Edward Wilson, cneter, president of the Tournament of Roses Association, and his wife. The 1973 entry was entitled, "Stagecoach," and won the Grand Marshal's Trophy."
"For Immediate Release: Paul Bryan, center, president of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses, Friday prsented the most coveted sweepstakes trophy for the 1974 pageant to the City of St. Louis Float. The float, ". . . A Snowflake," depicted 19th Century winter scenes, and was pulled by the famous Anheuser-Busch eight-horse Clydesdale hitch. Looking on are, from left: Joseph L. Badaracco, president of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen, Anheuser-Busch Senior Vice President Fred L. Kuhlmann (representing August A. Busch, Jr.), St. Louis Assessor Glenn McBrady (who represented Mayor Poelker), and St. Louis Comptroller John Bass."
