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"Elephant" float with a prince and princess in a howdah in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1926

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Title: "Elephant" float with a prince and princess in a howdah in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1926
Date Created and/or Issued: January 1, 1926
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) 825-2055
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Float in the form of an Indian Elephant carrying child prince Randolph H. Bennett and princess Eloise McCarter in a howdah. The legs of the elephant moved to give the appearance of walking. Eight outwalkers costumed as turbaned slaves are not in the photograph. The float was entered by the city of Glendale.
Text from negative sleeve: Tournament of Roses, 1926
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_3268
ark:/21198/zz002cnn8g
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Animals
Events
Parades & processions--California--Pasadena
Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena
Entertainment
Bennett, Randolph H
McCarter, Eloise
Tournament of Roses
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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