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Title
Illuminated trees in Pasadena, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued
December 25, 1935
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.
Hundreds of thousands of lights of various sizes shine while the branches of the decorated trees loom over the road.
Photograph appears with the article, "Twenty Thousand See Yuletide Tree Spectacle," Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec 1935: A1.
There were more than 5000 bulbs that illuminated Santa Rosa Avenue trees that were planted in the summer of 1885; the trees have been decorated with the holiday lights since 1920.
Text from negative sleeve: 4220 - 12/26/35 Christmas Tree Lane -1935- 12/25/35
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13294
ark:/21198/zz002hng34
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Christmas decorations--California--Pasadena
Holidays--California--Pasadena
Christmas trees--California--Pasadena
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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