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Lockheed employees and members of the International Association of Machinists prepare a model aircraft to be used on a float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1946

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Title: Lockheed employees and members of the International Association of Machinists prepare a model aircraft to be used on a float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1946
Date Created and/or Issued: January 1, 1946
1946-01-01
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 float was sponsored by the International Association of Machinists, District Lodge 727, and engineers from the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. The float was used in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade in 1946 and featured five women representing one of the "Big Five" nations: the United States, England, France, China, and Russia.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz00280f37
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena
Arts
Transportation
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation--Employees
Tournament of Roses
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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