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"Fairyland," first prize winning float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1924

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Title: "Fairyland," first prize winning float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1924
Date Created and/or Issued: January 1, 1924
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-2066
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
"Fairyland" float with two girls dressed as winged fairies, one seated on a toad stool, and a boy dressed as an elf in a forest clearing with a suggestion of the forest with a waterfall at the back of the float. The float was entered by the city of Glendale. Spectators stand in front of a building with a signs reading: "Nash," and "Earl ... Motor Co."
1924 marked the first year of a "Sweepstake Prize" in the annual Tournament of Roses Parade. The City of Glendale was the first winner.
Text from negative sleeve: Tournament of Roses, 1924
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_3257
ark:/21198/zz002cnj5g
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Transportation
Entertainment
Parades & processions--California--Pasadena
Events
Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena
Tournament of Roses
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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