Image / "Adventure" airplane float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1931

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Title: "Adventure" airplane float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1931
Date Created and/or Issued: January 1, 1931
1931-01-01
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 "Adventure" float featured a floral airplane with a wingspread of 32 feet. The float was designed by Inglewood city gardener W. D. Frantz and entered by the city of Inglewood.
The theme of the 1931 forty-second annual Rose Parade was "Dreams in Flowers"
Text from negative sleeve: Tournament of Roses, 1931
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_3508
ark:/21198/zz002cp46n
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena
Culture
Events
Parades & processions--California--Pasadena
Entertainment
Arts
Tournament of Roses
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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