Image / "Old Black Joe" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1927

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Title: "Old Black Joe" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1927
Date Created and/or Issued: January 1, 1927
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.
1927 was the first year the the Rose Parade had a theme, "Songs in Flowers," with each float typifying a song
Float with log cabin, picket fence and garden, with Frank Brandon as Joe. The float was entered by the Covina Woman's Club and the Covina Boy Scouts.
Text from negative sleeve: Tournament of Roses, 1927. nitrates.
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_3357
ark:/21198/zz002cnxv4
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Culture
Entertainment
Arts
Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena
Events
Parades & processions--California--Pasadena
Brandon, Frank
Tournament of Roses
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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