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Title
Long Beach sweepstakes winner
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1955
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph caption dated January 1, 1955 reads "Lovely Miss Universe, Miriam Stevenson, rides parade winning float sponsored by Long Beach. Theme was 'A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever,' famed lines from pen of John Keats. Gorgeous entry is covered with more than 200,000 fresh blossoms." Miss Stevenson is not in the photograph.; See images #00141001 through #00141009 for all photos in this series.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00141007
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d049_f7_i31
CARL0005713310
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/69841
Subject
Tournament of Roses
Men--California--Pasadena
Photographers--California--Pasadena
Parade floats--California--Pasadena
Parades--California--Pasadena
Pasadena (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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