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Title
"Gondola" 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.
View of the Italian "Gondola" float, its gondolier and youth singing to his sweetheart driven away by the rain, entered by Newport Bay. 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.
Text from negative sleeve: Tournament of Roses, 1934. nitrates.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_3342
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Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Parades & processions--California--Pasadena
Culture
Arts
Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena
Events
Entertainment
Tournament of Roses
Goodhue Flagpole (Pasadena, Calif.)
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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