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Title
1929 Parade Float, Willow Glen Improvement club
Creator
Frank J. Steiner (photographer)
Date Created and/or Issued
1929
1929-05-18
Contributing Institution
San José Public Library, California Room
Collection
Fiesta de las Rosas Collection
Rights Information
The San Jose Public Library California Room can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible for satisfying any claims of the copyright holder. Permission to copy or publish any portion of San Jose Public Library California Room collection must be given by the San Jose Public Library California Room. For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact the California Room: http://www.sjlibrary.org/research/special/ca/contacts_index.htm
Description
This float, called "Smilin' Through," featured Lena Linderman (sister of Emilia Linderman, the 1929 Fiesta de las Rosas parade queen) in an "old-fashioned" garden scene. At the rear of the float is a wall made of white roses. Two vases are on each end of the wall and also made of flowers. There are houses and crowds of people in the background.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg2000
Scanned with Epson Perfection V500 Photo Scanner as a 800 dpi TIFF image in 16-bit Grayscale. Compressed to 8-bit and JPEG format using Photoshop CS2.
Extent
8 x 10 in.
Identifier
http://digitalcollections.sjlibrary.org/cdm/ref/collection/sjplfdrc/id/23
Language
English
Subject
Buildings
Children
Events
Floats (Parades)
Flowers
Men
Parades & processions
Spectators
Streets
Women
Place
San Jose
California
Willow Glen
Source
Fiesta de las Rosas Collection
Relation
Fiesta de las Rosas Photographic Album, 1929

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