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Crowd watching a float pass by during the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural, Los Angeles, 1936

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Title: Crowd watching a float pass by during the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: October 9, 1936
1936-09-09
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.
Crowds of citizens observing as a float passes by during the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural, held to honor the first instances of power-production from the dam. Downtown Los Angeles was flooded with 7.2 million candle-power lights, and engineers claimed that the display was visible from 100 miles away.
Text from original nitrate sleeve: City Hall during Power celebration
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz00288b1b
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Events
Parades & processions--California--Los Angeles
Entertainment
Arts
Crowds--California--Los Angeles
Floats (Parades)--California--Los Angeles
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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