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Title
"Birds of Paradise" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued
January 1, 1935
1935-01-01
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."
"Birds of Paradise" float with Helen Waters seated between the floral birds at the end of the float and 3 floral cranes at the front in a bed of Easter lilies, roses and maidenhair fern. The float was entered by the city of Los Angeles and was photographed on Orange Grove Blvd. before the start of the parade.
Text from negative sleeve: Tournament of Roses, 1935
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_3697
ark:/21198/zz002cpbvc
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena
Transportation
Events
Parades & processions--California--Pasadena
Entertainment
Tournament of Roses
Waters, Helen
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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