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"Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1929

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Title: "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1929
Date Created and/or Issued: January 1, 1929
1929-01-01
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.
"Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary, How does Your Garden Grow?" was the theme of this float, entered by the elementary schools of Pasadena. Mary is represented by Gladys Brooks and the other girls on the float are Ramona Martin, Kathryn Snyder, Eleanor Bothell, Phyllis Williams and Frances Ewer. The float is shown at the intersection of Colorado Blvd. and Orange Grove Blvd.
Text from negative sleeve: Tournament of Roses, 1929. nitrates.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_3416
ark:/21198/zz002cp0z3
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Events
Arts
Floats (Parades)--California--Santa Monica
Entertainment
Culture
Parades & processions--California--Pasadena
Ewer, Frances
Bothell, Eleanor
Martin, Ramona
Brooks, Gladys
Snyder, Kathryn
Williams, Phyllis
Tournament of Roses
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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