"Whistler's Mother" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1932

Title: "Whistler's Mother" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1932
Date Created: January 1, 1932
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographs Collection

Description: The "Whistler's Mother" float with Mrs. Howard J. Sloan and with a Bible and a floral U. S. flag draped over the front.The float was entered by the Antlers of the B.P.O.E. and is shown at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
The theme of the 1932 forty-third annual Rose Parade was "Nations & Games in Flowers," looking forward to the 1932 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Tournament of Roses, 1932

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Subjects: Lifestyle
Parades & processions--California--Pasadena
Entertainment
Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena
Events
Names: Tournament of Roses
Location: Pasadena (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.14594346920720
Latitude: -118.16064119339000
Resource type: still image

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local identifier: uclamss_1429_3586
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002cp71h
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Rights statement: copyrighted
Rights Holder: UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, A1713 Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. E-mail: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310)825-4988
Rights Country: US
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.