"La Paloma" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1927
Item Overview
- Title
- "La Paloma" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1927
- Photographer
- Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
- Date Created
- January 1, 1927
- Date
- 1927-01-01
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Collection
- Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Notes
- Description
-
"La Paloma" float with white doves suspended over a garden inhabited by 6 persons in Spanish attire, including a man in a hat playing lute near center, and singers Jose Arias, Thea La Forte, Sybil Tyler and Ella Archer. The Pasadena Memorial Flagpole (Goodhue Flagpole) is visible behind the float in its original location in the middle of the intersection of Orange Grove and Colorado Boulevard.
1927 was the first year the the Tournament of Roses Parade had a theme, "Songs in Flowers," with each float typifying a song
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photographic negative
- Dimensions
- 4 x 5 inches
Keywords
- Genre
-
cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs - Names
- Tournament of Roses
- Location
- California--Pasadena
- Longitude
- 34.145552779213744
- Latitude
- -118.16034078598022
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
-
Lutes
Events
Arts
Entertainment
Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena
Culture
Parades & processions--California--Pasadena
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
- Local Identifier
-
1924
uclamss_1300_1924 - ARK
- ark:/21198/zz002bxv2f
- Manifest url
Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted
- Funding Note
- Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.