Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. View of the "Neptune's Chariot" float with a giant sea turtle pulling a shell chariot. The sea god and 2 attendants are absent due to the rain. The Pasadena Memorial Flagpole (Goodhue Flagpole) is visible behind the float in its original location in the middle of the intersection of Orange Grove and Colorado Boulevard. The float was entered by the Texaco company. The theme of the 1934 Rose Parade was: Tales of the Seven Seas. It rained during the parade that year. Text from original nitrate sleeve: Tournament of Roses. Floats: Long Beach, Paramount, Metropolitan Water Dist., Texaco, Adohr-able Nymphs
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image
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
ark:/21198/zz002541tv
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No linguistic content
Subject
Parades & processions--California--Pasadena Events Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena Arts Culture Tournament of Roses Goodhue Flagpole (Pasadena, Calif.)
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