Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. A tribute to Will Rogers, following his death the previous year, at the 1936 Tournament of Roses Parade, surrounded by an unknown number of spectators. A tribute by the Union Oil Company, the float depicts a riderless horse in front of a large star to represent Rogers's career. The float won the grand prize award for the parade. The theme for the forty-seventh Rose Parade was "History in Flowers" Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: 12584, 27 Text from original nitrate sleeve: Tournament of Roses Parade
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Image
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1387_12584-01 12584 ark:/21198/zz002553j4
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No linguistic content
Subject
Culture Spectators--California--Pasadena Parades & processions--California--Pasadena Events Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena Arts Tournament of Roses
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