Prize-winning parade float sponsored by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation and the International Association of Machinists appears in Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1946

Item Overview

Title

Prize-winning parade float sponsored by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation and the International Association of Machinists appears in Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1946

Date Created

January 1, 1946

Publisher

Los Angeles Daily News

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Notes

Description

Prize-winning parade float featuring women in costume representing one of the "Big Five" nations: the United States, England, France, China, and Russia. The float was sponsored by the International Association of Machinists, District Lodge 727, and engineers from the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. The float was used in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade in 1946. The women in the photograph are from left to right: Sherry Purkiser, Miss Russia; Ronnie Baukand, Miss China; Marjorie Hemmingway, Miss United States; Patricia Kubelka, Miss France; and Jeanne Gilliland, Miss England.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Subjects

Culture
Parades & processions--California--Pasadena
Events
Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena
Crowds--California--Pasadena
Arts

Names

Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Tournament of Roses
International Association of Machinists

Location

Pasadena (Calif.)

Resource type

still image