"A Sea of Sand" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934
Item Overview
- Title
- "A Sea of Sand" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934
- Date Created
- January 1, 1934
- Date
- 1934-01-01
- Publisher
- Los Angeles Times
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Collection
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Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections
Notes
- Description
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The "A Sea of Sand" float was preceded by 4 thoroughbred Arabian horses and two camels, "ships of the desert." In addition to its title, the float also bears the floral sign "The Dessert Playground." A woman in a bathing suit stands on the float, braving the rain. The float was entered by the city of Palm Springs. The float is seen is seen passing the Goodhue Flagpole in the center of the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
The theme of the 1934 Rose Parade was: Tales of the Seven Seas. It rained during the parade that year.
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photograph
- Medium
- b&w nitrate negative
Keywords
- Genre
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news photographs
cellulose nitrate film - Names
- Tournament of Roses
- Location
- Pasadena (Calif.)
- Longitude
- 34.14594346920723
- Latitude
- 118.16064119338989
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
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Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena
Culture
Events
Parades & processions--California--Pasadena
Entertainment
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
- Local Identifier
- uclamss_1429_3344
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz002cnwt4
- Manifest url
Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted
- Rights contact
- 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
- Rights Holder
- The Regents of the University of California
- Rights Country
- US
- Funding Note
- Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
- License
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License .