Image / "Sailing" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1932

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Title: "Sailing" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1932
Date Created and/or Issued: January 1, 1932
1932-01-01
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 1932 forty-third annual Rose Parade was "Nations & Games in Flowers," looking forward to the 1932 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles
Sail boat float rendered in pompoms with a sail of white sweet peas. The initials W.C.T.U. (Women's Christian Temperance Union) appear above the emblem at the back of the float and the riders are Lily C. Richardson, county president, and Blanche Kimell, treasurer. The float is shown at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
Text from negative sleeve: Tournament of Roses, 1932
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_3602
ark:/21198/zz002cp7ks
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Parades & processions--California--Pasadena
Entertainment
Events
Transportation
Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena
Tournament of Roses
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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