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Title
"Iris and the Rainbow" 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."
The "Iris and the Rainbow" float, entered by the city of Altadena, with Betty Wilcox as Iris holding the streamer attached to six floral peacocks, accompanied by 4 flower girls (Janet Horning, Joan Smith, Anna Kelly and Marion Rutan) all beneath a wide floral rainbow.
Text from negative sleeve: Tournament of Roses, 1935
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_3674
ark:/21198/zz002cpb2g
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Events
Culture
Parades & processions--California--Pasadena
Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena
Arts
Entertainment
Kelly, Anna
Rutan, Marion
Tournament of Roses
Smith, Joan
Horning, Janet
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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