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Title: San Fernando float 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 Arcadia funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Different photographs taken on the same occasion appear with the article, "Romance and Fantasy Feature Spectacle," Los Angeles Times, 03 Jan 1939: 3, 12.
San Fernando's Rose Parade float depicted an "Old Mill Stream" with real water pumping from a system inside the float. Marion Anthony is pictured sitting in front of the mill.
The 1939 Tournament of Roses theme was Golden Jubilee to mark the 50th anniversary of the parade. Shirley Temple served as Grand Marshal.
Text from negative sleeve: 15283 Rose Parade 1939
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_14686
ark:/21198/zz002j89z4
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Parades & processions--California--Pasadena
Spectators--California--Pasadena
Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena
Tournament of Roses
Anthony, Marion
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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