Image / "New Jersey" float before the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1928

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Title: "New Jersey" float before 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.
"New Jersey" float showing Washington crossing the Delaware with a striking floral American flag in the boat, photographed on a residential street (probably S. Orange Grove Blvd.) before the start of the parade. Men dressed in the uniform of the Revolutionary Army are on the float and a soldier stands next to the float with a banner reading: "New Jersey." The float was entered by the city of Long Beach.
The theme of the 1928 Rose Parade was a League of Nations in flowers
Text from negative sleeve: Tournament of Roses, 1928
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_3399
ark:/21198/zz002cp0bs
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Parades & processions--California--Pasadena
Culture
Arts
Entertainment
Events
Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena
Tournament of Roses
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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