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
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image
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
ark:/21198/zz00288c2b
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No linguistic content
Subject
Events Arts Floats (Parades)--California--Los Angeles Culture
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