Image / "Hi Diddle Diddle" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1929

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Title: "Hi Diddle Diddle" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1929
Date Created and/or Issued: January 1, 1929
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.
Float representing the ditty "Hi Diddle Diddle, the Cat and the Fiddle, the Cow Jumped Over the Moon." The cat, fiddle cow, moon and "little dog who laughed to see such fun" are rendered in flowers. The float was entered by the city of Anaheim representing the California Valencia Orange Show. The float is shown at the intersection of Colorado Blvd. and Orange Grove Blvd.
The theme of the 1929 fortieth annual Rose Parade was "Poems in Flowers"
Text from negative sleeve: Tournament of Roses, 1929. nitrates.
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_3431
ark:/21198/zz002cp1gb
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Entertainment
Culture
Parades & processions--California--Pasadena
Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena
Arts
Events
Tournament of Roses
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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