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"Making of the Mission Bells" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

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Title: "Making of the Mission Bells" 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 "Making of the Mission Bells" float features a floral rendition of the San Gabriel Mission at the back of the float with a priest (Raoul de Ramirez), and a forge in the front with a blacksmith (George Gantus), and another man in a cape (Arnoldo de Ramirez) and 4 visible ladies in Spanish dress (there were 5 in all: Norma Dana, Laurita Lugo, Calrito Lugo, Floretta Cortez, and Gracia Didier). The float was entered by the city of San Gabriel and is seen at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
The theme of the 1935 forty-sixth annual Rose Parade was "Golden Legends."
Text from negative sleeve: Tournament of Roses, 1935
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_3662
ark:/21198/zz002cp9ns
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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