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Valerie Schmidt rides Santa Barbara’s swan float at the Tournament of Lights, Newport Bay, 1934

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Title: Valerie Schmidt rides Santa Barbara’s swan float at the Tournament of Lights, Newport Bay, 1934
Date Created and/or Issued: July 29, 1934
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.
This photograph appears with the article, “Scintillating Water Pageant Thrills Thousands at Newport Bay,” Los Angeles Times, 29 Jul. 1934: 24.
Text from newspaper caption: Santa Barbara’s monster swan and two cygnets led one division of the brilliant water pageant. A comparison of the “bird’s” head with Miss Valerie Schmidt standing on its back, gives a good indication of its size.
Text from negative sleeve: Tournemant [sic] of Lights Trophey [sic] 1934
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_3827
ark:/21198/zz002cphb1
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Floats (Parades)--California--Newport Beach
Floats (Parades)--California--Newport Bay
Parades & processions--California--Newport Beach
Schmidt, Valerie
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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