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Title
"Legend of the Chrysanthemum" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued
January 1, 1935
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 1935 forty-sixth annual Rose Parade was "Golden Legends."
View of the "Legend of the Chrysanthemum" with Fugi Fugikawa in a flower petal kimono and carrying a parasol made of blossoms standing on a bridge of red pompoms over a pool of blue delphiniums. The scene is completed with a white narcissus heron, a tree and stepping stones of bronze pompoms. The float was entered by the Burbank City Schools and is shown passing the Goodhue Flagpole at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
Text from negative sleeve: Tournament of Roses, 1935
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_3650
ark:/21198/zz002cp97k
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Culture
Entertainment
Arts
Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena
Events
Parades & processions--California--Pasadena
Tournament of Roses
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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