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Title
"Rhapsody" first in class
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1960
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph caption dated January 1, 1960 reads "Burbank 'Rhapsody' float combines beauty of flowers and young womanhood for Rose Parade entry. Prize float carries six fair maidens, riding under flower-covered arches in front of huge lyre, serenading instrument of bygone days. Flowers include 28,000 orchids, 70,000 white mums, 20,000 pink mums. Four Burbank high school girls, Jackie Warner, Judy Belger, Pamela Roy and Anetta Montague, rode on float with two exchange students, Jeronich Polfeldt of Sweden and Rocio Uscategui of Ecuador."; See images #00141215 through #00141226 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00141215
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d049_f22_i21
CARL0005726540
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/70201
Subject
Tournament of Roses
Young women--California--Pasadena
Parades--California--Pasadena
Parade floats--California--Pasadena
Trees--California--Pasadena
Pasadena (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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