Image / "China Clipper" float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

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Title: "China Clipper" 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.
The theme for the forty-seventh Rose Parade was "History in Flowers"
Float representing the China clipper airplane with 'Los Angeles' and 'China Clipper' written on it viewed by crowd to celebrate Los Angeles Pacific air connections. The float is seen at the intersection of Colorado Boulevard and Orange Grove Blvd.
The float was entered by the Los Angleles Chamber of Commerce
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Tournament of Roses Parade
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: 12584, 12
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: 12584
uclamss_1387_12584-26
ark:/21198/zz002554dj
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Culture
Spectators--California--Pasadena
Parades & processions--California--Pasadena
Events
Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena
Arts
Tournament of Roses
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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