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Title
Volunteer works on Van Nuys float
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 December 31, 1955 reads "Jerry White, of Van Nuys, who lost leg in Korea, is one of volunteers helping place flowers on Van Nuys Rose Parade float today. White, former Valley College student, now attending UCLA, volunteers his services every year to help Van Nuys' efforts to take honors in Rose festival. Valley city is entering float titled 'The Fighting Lady--A Page From This Age.'"
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00141118
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d049_f20_i11
CARL0005725462
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/70378
Subject
Tournament of Roses
Men--California--Pasadena
Veterans--United States
Volunteers--California--Pasadena
Parade floats--California--Pasadena
Korean War, 1950-1953--Veterans
Flowers--California--Pasadena
Pasadena (Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Valley Times Collection photographs
Time Period
1951-1960

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