Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a Shriners Float from La Fiesta in Los Angeles, ca.1906. A woman in a light-colored dress sits at the helm of an automobiles that has been decorated to the point that only the wheels still show a wooden framework rests on top of a bed of what appear to be fern fronds. Light-colored roses gild it along its edges and on decorative plaques that have been hung from the side. A figurine approximately two feet high appears to be either a scarecrow or a gingerbread man, and is positioned towards the back of the float. Finally, a sun-like ornament has been affixed to the top of the wooden frame. Diaphanous ribbons extend from it like a maypole. The card on the float reads "B8". A house is visible in the background beyond the sidewalk and trees. Horse manure is visible in the paved street.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : transparency, b&w 21 x 26 cm. transparencies photographs
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