"Dawn" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

Description: "Dawn" float with 4 white horses in flowers drawing a golden chariot driven by Apollo, portrayed by Warren Jones. Behind Apollo is a representation of the dawn with a rising sun on Mount Olympus. 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. The float was entered by the Pasadena Water Department.
The theme of the 1934 Rose Parade was: Tales of the Seven Seas. It rained during the parade that year.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Tournament of Roses, 1934. nitrates.

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Tournament of Roses
Goodhue Flagpole (Pasadena, Calif.)
Location: Pasadena (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.145552779213700
Latitude: -118.16034078598000
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Parades & processions--California--Pasadena
Culture
Arts
Entertainment
Floats (Parades)--California--Los Angeles
Events

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_3316
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002cnpxs
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