Image / Large crowd gathered to watch the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

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Title: Large crowd gathered to watch the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939
Date Created and/or Issued: January 2, 1939
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.
1,250,000 people were reported to have attended the Tournament of Roses parade on its 50th anniversary.
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_14690
ark:/21198/zz002j8b3p
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Parades & processions--California--Pasadena
Spectators--California--Pasadena
Tournament of Roses
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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