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) 825-2007
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. "Dawn" float with 4 white horses in flowers drawing a golden chariot driven by Apollo, portrayed by Warren Jones. Behind Apollo is a representation of the dawn with a rising sun on Mount Olympus. 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 float was entered by the Pasadena Water Department. The theme of the 1934 Rose Parade was: Tales of the Seven Seas. It rained during the parade that year. Text from negative sleeve: Tournament of Roses, 1934. nitrates.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_3316 ark:/21198/zz002cnpxs
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Parades & processions--California--Pasadena Culture Arts Entertainment Floats (Parades)--California--Los Angeles Events Tournament of Roses Goodhue Flagpole (Pasadena, Calif.)
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