"Chinese Empress" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

Title: "Chinese Empress" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936
Date Created: January 1, 1936
Date: 1936-01-01
Publisher: Los Angeles Daily News
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description: Chinese Empress Wan Qua Fei float, a carriage lead by dragons with Lili Arikawa seated on a throne as the empress, hanging baskets and lanterns, and with 'Long Beach' written on top seen by crowd at 1936 Tournament of Roses Parade. The float is seen at the intersection of Colorado Boulevard and Orange Grove Blvd.
The theme for the forty-seventh Rose Parade was "History in Flowers"
Caption: Text from original nitrate sleeve: Tournament of Roses Parade
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: 12584

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Names: Tournament of Roses
Arikawa, Lili
Location: Pasadena (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.14549950316560
Latitude: -118.16019058227500
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Parades & processions--California--Pasadena
Events
Spectators--California--Pasadena
Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena
Arts
Culture

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
ARK: ark:/21198/zz0025548g
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Rights Country: US
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
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