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Title: Declaration of Independence float at the Pageant of Liberty, Los Angeles, 1926
Date Created and/or Issued: July 5, 1926
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
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
This photograph appears with photo page, "Pageant of Liberty Stirs Throng of 50,000 at the Coliseum," Los Angeles Times, 6 Jul. 1926:
Related to Los Angeles Times article, "Thousands Hail Liberty Drama: Pageant Stirs Emotions of Vast Coliseum Crowd: Historical Scenes Enacted at Patriotic Event: New Citizens Introduced as Feature of Spectacle," Los Angeles Times, 6 Jul. 1926: A1.
The Declaration of Independence float at the Pageant of Liberty. Men dressed as the Founding Fathers in Colonial garb ride the float. A man driving in the float is visible underneath the table. Men with drums are at the left of the photograph, men dressed as Colonial military are at the right carrying muskets.
Text from newspaper caption: Signing the Declaration of Indpendence
34.014167
Text from negative sleeve: Pageant of Liberty 1926
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_7099
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Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Floats (Parades)--California--Los Angeles
Historical pageants--California--Los Angeles
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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