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. Head-on view towards the front of Santa Barbara's sweepstakes winning "Peacock" float with twins Marguerite and Mary Somerville reading fairy stories in a garden composed of 2 urns and a fountain. The float is shown heading east on Colorado Blvd. on the first block east of Orange Grove Blvd. at the start of the parade route. The Goodhue Flagpole is visible behind the float. 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_3690 ark:/21198/zz002cpbmr
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Events Culture Parades & processions--California--Pasadena Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena Arts Entertainment Somerville, Mary Somerville, Marguerite Tournament of Roses
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