Image / "Chinese Empress" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

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Title: "Chinese Empress" float in 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.
Chinese Empress Wan Qua Fei float in a staging area, probably on S. Orange Grove Blvc. The float features a carriage lead by dragons with Lili Arikawa seated on a throne as the empress, hanging baskets and lanterns, and with 'Long Beach' written on top.
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: 12584
uclamss_1387_12584-21
ark:/21198/zz0025547z
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Culture
Parades & processions--California--Pasadena
Arts
Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena
Events
Arikawa, Lili
Tournament of Roses
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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