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Title
"Columbus" float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued
January 1, 1936
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.
Santa Barbara’s float at 1936 Tournament of Roses Parade in a staging area, probably on S. Orange Grove Blvd. The float depicts the Christopher Columbus before King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella with two Indians from the New World.
The theme for the forty-seventh Rose Parade was "History in Flowers"
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Tournament of Roses Parade
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: 12584
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1387_12584-10
12584
ark:/21198/zz002553vs
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Culture
Parades & processions--California--Pasadena
Events
Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena
Arts
Tournament of Roses
Source
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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