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"Drummer Boys of '61" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1927

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Title: "Drummer Boys of '61" 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.
"Drummer Boys of '61" float with the theme song of "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" and with a group of 8 aged veterans with fifes and drums. Entered by the John F. Godfrey Post, G.A.R.
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_3366
ark:/21198/zz002cnz58
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Events
Arts
Entertainment
Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena
Culture
Parades & processions--California--Pasadena
Tournament of Roses
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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