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"Queen of the Seven Seas" float in the Tournament Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

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Title: "Queen of the Seven Seas" float in the Tournament Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934
Date Created and/or Issued: January 1, 1934
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.
View of the "Queen of the Seven Seas" float was to carry the Queen of the Rose Parade in a chariot accompanied by 4 sea horses and pulled by 3 or 4 floral goldfish. Five young women in costume, outwalkers or riders, stand next to the float. The photograph was taken on Orange Grove Blvd. before the start of the parade.
The theme of the 1934 Rose Parade was: Tales of the Seven Seas. It rained during the parade that year
Text from negative sleeve: Tournament of Roses, 1934. nitrates
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_3627
ark:/21198/zz002cp8f6
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Transportation
Entertainment
Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena
Events
Parades & processions--California--Pasadena
Tournament of Roses
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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