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Title
Motorized float at the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, ca.1917
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1917
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of a motorized float at the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, ca.1917. The float is facing to the left and is composed of a swan sculpted from flowers attached to the front of an open car decorated with plants. There is a group of men riding in the car, and, except for the driver who is dressed in traditional chauffeur clothes, all of the men are wearing dark suits and bowler hats. The swan is made of white flowers and has a ribbon running from its neck to the car. The float is parked in front of a palm tree
more trees and a house are visible in the distance.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm., 17 x 22 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m11251
USC-1-1-1-11401 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-9979
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m11251
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-9979.jpg
Subject
Festivals and parades--Rose Parade--Floats, motorized
Parades
Parade floats
Tournament of Roses
Housing areas
Time Period
circa 1917
Place
California
Los Angeles
Pasadena
USA
Source
1-37-197 [Microfiche number]
9979 [Accession number]
CHS-9979 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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