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Title
"Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI" float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued
January 1, 1936
1936-01-01
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 1936 forty-seventh annual Rose Parade was "History in Flowers."
Close-up view of South Pasadena's float at 1936 Tournament of Roses Parade which depicts the court of Louis XVI (Robert de Golia) and Marie Antoinette (Mary Bellerue) in a garden at Versailles. The float is guarded by out-walkers costumed as Nubian servants. Winner of sweepstakes award at parade.
The building behind the float located at 337 W. Colorado Blvd. is still there (as of 2014).
Text from negative sleeve: 4304, 1936 Rose Parade, 1-1-36, [stamped:] Jan 3 1936.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13395
ark:/21198/zz002hnkkt
Subject
Parades & processions--California--Pasadena
Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena
Tournament of Roses
Bellerue, Mary Bernice, b. 1918
De Golia, Robert
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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