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Title
"Casino at Catalina Island" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1933
Date Created and/or Issued
January 2, 1933
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) 825-2022
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
"Casino at Catalina Island" float with a floral replica of the casino with little Barbara Ann Pitzer as a fairy waving her wand, Marion Sloane and Hermine Sierks in bathing costume riding swordfish, and 2 outwalkers in winged costumes. The Pasadena Memorial Flagpole (Goodhue Flagpole) is visible behind the float in its original location in the middle of the intersection of Orange Grove and Colorado Boulevard.
The theme of the 1933 forty-fourth annual Rose Parade was "Fairy Tales in Flowers."
Text from negative sleeve: Tournament of Roses, 1933
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_3301
ark:/21198/zz002cnpd1
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Events
Culture
Parades & processions--California--Pasadena
Floats (Parades)--California--Los Angeles
Arts
Entertainment
Sierks, Hermine
Tournament of Roses
Pitzer, Barbara Ann
Sloane, Marion
Goodhue Flagpole (Pasadena, Calif.)
Catalina Casino
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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