Image / "Monoplane" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1928

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Title: "Monoplane" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1928
Date Created and/or Issued: January 2, 1928
1928-01-02
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
"Monoplane" float, symbolic of air travel between San Francisco and Los Angeles with Harriett Alken and Martin Kreuger in the cockpit. The float was entered by the city of San Francisco.
Text from negative sleeve: Tournament of Roses, 1928
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_3380
ark:/21198/zz002cnznh
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Parades & processions--California--Pasadena
Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena
Events
Transportation
Entertainment
Kreuger, Martin
Tournament of Roses
Alken, Harriett
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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