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Title: 1929 Parade Float, City of San Jose
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's theme was "Alice in Wonderland." Featuring thousands of roses and marigolds intertwined under the direction of Lloyd C. Maynard, City Superintendent of Parks at the time. There are also characters from Alice in Wonderland, including Alice and "The Mad Hatter." 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/26
Language: English
Subject: Buildings
Children
Events
Ficticious characters
Floats (Parades)
Flowers
Men
Parades & processions
Spectators
Streets
Women
Place: San Jose
California
Source: Fiesta de las Rosas Collection
Relation: Fiesta de las Rosas Photographic Album, 1929

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