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Description
21 images. Crowd shots of Tournament of Roses Parade, 01 January 1957. General scenes along line of parade. Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Wesselmann. Date: 1957-01-01. Reporter: Byrd. Assignment: General scenes along line of parade, etc. People on Colorado Blvd. at 5 a.m. 12/19: Charles H. Liedl of San Mateo sits out his fifth consecutive Pose [sic] Bowl parade on the same mail box. He took up perch at midnight. 26: l to r -- Perched atop their parents car in a parking lot facing Colorado Blvd., these three sisters and brother have fun: Larry, 6 Christine, 8 Pat, 3 and Janice Wells, 10, came from Yermo, on the desert. -- Colorado Blvd. shots of people waiting for parade. 52: Having an early picnic. 11: More sleepers. 12: More sleepers. 22: More sleepers. 25: More sleepers". Caption slip continues: "15-17/ 18-25/35: Crowd shots of people waiting in early dawn hours for later parade. 21/44: People warming themselves around fires. 11: They brought their own seats. 22: Parked by a fireplug. 13/14: Don Reed, left and pat Jensen from Downey are covered with blankets as they wait for parade. 16: Ralp, 10 and John Moss, 11, of 4174 McConnell Blvd. sleep on sidewalk behind parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralp Moss. Their first time to see parade. 26: Two peas sleeping in the same pod. No wake for names".
Type
image
Format
21 photographs : negatives, b&w 10 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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