"Queen of the Beaches" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934

Title: "Queen of the Beaches" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1934
Date Created: January 1, 1934
Date: 1934-01-01
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: The theme of the 1934 Rose Parade was: Tales of the Seven Seas. It rained during the parade that year
Long Beach's "Queen of the Beaches" float, at the intersection of Colorado Boulevard and Orange Grove with the Goodhue Flagpole on the right. Queen Leona John sits beneath a canopy of jellyfish pulled by three giant seahorses. Floatwalkers hold chains of lilies that trail from the float's canopy. Long Beach's float and its Beach maidens took the grand sweepstakes prize for floats.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Tournament of Roses, 1934. nitrates

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

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_3630
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002cp8jr
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