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Title
"Rainbow Fleet" 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."
The "Rainbow Fleet" float featured three floral sailboats guided by Shirley Bloomfield, Virginia Shreiber and Jean Carroll Christian next to a tall light house. The float was entered by the Hotel Coronado and is seen 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_3716
ark:/21198/zz002cpchp
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Parades & processions--California--Pasadena
Culture
Arts
Entertainment
Events
Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena
Bloomfield, Shirley
Christian, Jean Carroll
Shreiber, Virginia
Tournament of Roses
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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