Image / "Magic Sea Shell" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

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Title: "Magic Sea Shell" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934
Date Created and/or Issued: January 1, 1934
1934-01-01
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) 825-4988
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
The theme of the 1934 Rose Parade was: Tales of the Seven Seas. It rained during the parade that year.
The ""Magic Sea Shell" float with Beverly Harkins in a floral sea shell pulled by a green sea dragon. 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 city of Inglewood.
Text from negative sleeve: Tournament of Roses, 1934. nitrates.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_3320
ark:/21198/zz002cnq2b
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Transportation
Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena
Events
Parades & processions--California--Pasadena
Entertainment
Tournament of Roses
Harkins, Beverly
Goodhue Flagpole (Pasadena, Calif.)
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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