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"Taj Mahal" float from Santa Barbara at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

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Title: "Taj Mahal" float from Santa Barbara at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939
Date Created and/or Issued: January 2, 1939
1939-01-02
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 Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Santa Barbara fashioned a 50-foot replica of the Taj Mahal out of roses, chrysanthemums, and lotus flowers as their parade entry. It took home first prize in the Class A-1 division.
The 1939 Tournament of Roses theme was Golden Jubilee to mark the 50th anniversary of the parade. Shirley Temple served as Grand Marshal.
A similar photograph appears with the headline, “Long Beach Depicts Sea of Roses and Metropolitan Water District Parker Dam,” Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan 1939: 3
Text from negative sleeve: 15283 New Year’s Parade Jan 2, 1939 (Rose Parade)
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_14678
ark:/21198/zz002j89p0
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena
Spectators--California--Pasadena
Parades & processions--California--Pasadena
Tournament of Roses
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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