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Title
Floral-themed float created for the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued
October 9, 1936
1936-10-09
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.
A floral-themed float including a throne, costumed participants and glowing flowers created for the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural. The celebration was held to honor the first instances of power-production from the dam. Downtown Los Angeles was flooded with 7.2 million candle-power light, and engineers claimed that the display was visible from 100 miles away.
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Power parade
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Electrical Parade Celebrating Transmission of Boulder Dam Power
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
ark:/21198/zz00288c2b
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Events
Arts
Floats (Parades)--California--Los Angeles
Culture
Source
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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