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Long Beach's "Queen of the Beaches" float in the Rose Parade, Pasadena, 1934

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Title: Long Beach's "Queen of the Beaches" float in the Rose Parade, Pasadena, 1934
Date Created and/or Issued: January 1, 1934
1934-01-01
Publication Information: Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
The theme of the 1934 Rose Parade was: Tales of the Seven Seas. It rained during the parade that year.
Long Beach's "Queen of the Beaches" float, at the intersection of Colorado Boulevard and Orange Grove. Queen Leona John sits beneath a canopy of jellyfish pulled by three giant seahorses. Attendants to the Queen hold chains of lillies that trail from the float's canopy. Long Beach's float and its Beach maidens took the grand sweepstakes prize for floats.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Tournament of Roses. Floats: Long Beach, Paramount, Metropolitan Water Dist., Texaco, Adohr-able Nymphs
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz002541vc
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Parades & processions--California--Pasadena
Events
Entertainment
Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena
Arts
Lifestyle
Tournament of Roses
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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