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"Fiesta de las Rosa" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1927

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Title: "Fiesta de las Rosa" 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.
"Fiesta de las Rosa" float with a woman holding the ribbon reigns of a large bird and seated on a throne situated at the end of a large horn of plenty. Two other young women are seated on the float. The float was entered by the city of San Jose.
1927 was the first year the the Rose Parade had a theme, "Songs in Flowers," with each float typifying a song
Text from negative sleeve: Tournament of Roses, 1927. nitrates.
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_3362
ark:/21198/zz002cnz16
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Culture
Entertainment
Arts
Parades & processions--California--Pasadena
Events
Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena
Tournament of Roses
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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