Czechoslovakia float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1927

Title: Czechoslovakia float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1927
Date Created: January 1, 1927
Date: 1927-01-01
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Summary: 1927 was the first year the the Rose Parade had a theme, "Songs in Flowers," with each float typifying a song
Description: A Tournament of the Roses parade float with a European theme (probably the entry from Czechoslovakia). The participant furthest to the left is wearing a traditional Eastern-European dress, while the three participants to the right of the float are wearing gowns. The float is decorated with palms and other various foliage, and a two-dimensional sun is suspended within an arch flanked by monumental vases of flowers.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Tournament of Roses, 1927. nitrates.

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Tournament of Roses
Location: Pasadena (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Events
Transportation
Entertainment
Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena
Parades & processions--California--Pasadena

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_3370
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002cnz9b
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Rights Country: US
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