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Title: "Hiawatha's wooing" 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.
The theme of the 1929 fortieth annual Rose Parade was "Poems in Flowers"
"Hiawatha's wooing" float with a full-sized tepee and Hiawatha (Richard Young), Minnehaha (Margaret Lalone), arrow maker (R. Cawkins) and three children dressed as Indian youngsters. The float was entered by the city of Sierra Madre. The float is 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_3419
ark:/21198/zz002cp124
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Events
Arts
Entertainment
Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena
Culture
Parades & processions--California--Pasadena
Lalone, Margaret
Tournament of Roses
Cawkins, R
Young, Richard
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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