Image / "Queen Titania" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1933

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Title: "Queen Titania" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1933
Date Created and/or Issued: January 2, 1933
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 1933 forty-fourth annual Rose Parade was "Fairy Tales in Flowers."
Queen Titania, Esther Ruth, in a white satin gown with a lavender veil and with floral wings 10 feet high and 15 feet wide, with one of her fairies seated next to her. The float was entered by the city of Altadena.
Text from negative sleeve: Tournament of Roses, 1933
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_3637
ark:/21198/zz002cp8sc
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Entertainment
Parades & processions--California--Pasadena
Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena
Transportation
Events
Ruth, Esther
Tournament of Roses
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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