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Title: Dragon float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1928
Date Created and/or Issued: January 2, 1928
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 1928 Rose Parade was a League of Nations in flowers.
The Dragon float emitted smoke and was 85 feet long. Two men wearing Asian shirts, trousers and conical straw hats carry a floral sign reading "Glendale," the city that entered the float. The Pasadena Post Office at 281 E. Colorado Blvd. is visible across the street.
Text from negative sleeve: Tournament of Roses, 1928. nitrates. Glendale 3rd class prize.
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_3376
ark:/21198/zz002cnzhf
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Culture
Entertainment
Arts
Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena
Events
Parades & processions--California--Pasadena
Tournament of Roses
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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