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Title: Miniature Mississippi river boat stands out in Balboa Bay parade
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: 1963
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 was edited for publication purposes
The 'Southern Bay,' a miniature Mississippi River steamboat, takes part in the annual Character Boat Parade held in Balboa Bay, Newport Beach. The boat featured a side-wheeler, captain's bridge, miniature gambling salons, and a hoop-skirted Dixie belle on the promenade deck. Photograph dated August 28, 1963.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00124784
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d029_f19_i4
CARL0005425598
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/56613
Subject: Character Boat Parade (Newport Beach, Calif.)
Parades--California--Newport Beach
Boats and boating--California--Newport Beach
Steamboats--Models--California--Newport Beach
Flags--California--Newport Beach
Dwellings--California--Newport Beach
Harbors--California--Newport Beach
Bays--California--Newport Beach
Balboa (Newport Beach, Calif.)
Newport Beach (Calif.)
Pacific Ocean
Valley Times Collection photographs

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