Nautically-themed float takes part in parade for dedication of Vermont Avenue and Cabrillo Beach, Los Angeles, 1932

Item Overview

Title

Nautically-themed float takes part in parade for dedication of Vermont Avenue and Cabrillo Beach, Los Angeles, 1932

Date Created

[August 5, 1932]

Date

1932-08-05

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

A parade float passes by the camera while taking part in the parade celebrating the dedication of the opening of Vermont Avenue and Cabrillo Beach. The float is viewed from a low-angle perspective and at an angle from the side. It appears to move towards the right. Atop the float, four men occupy a rowboat. Two men sit in the middle of the boat and look to the camera. The rightmost man stands towards the boat's bow and holds a flag. The man furthest from camera stands at the back of the boat. He dons a helmet and holds a flag as well. Foliage is draped over the side of the boat and on the float's platform. Three large bobbers sit on the platform alongside the boat. A skirt hanging down from the side of the float reads, "CABRILLO INVITES YOU TO CABRILLO B[EACH] DEPT OF [PLAY...]."
Related to the article, "PARADE OPENS NEW ROUTE TO SEA: Vermont and Cabrillo Beach Projects Dedicated," Los Angeles Times, 06 Aug. 1932: A2

Caption

Handwritten on negative: Cabrillo Beach Float
Text from negative sleeve: LOS ANGELES STREETS, VERMONT & NORMANDIE DEDICATION

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Location

Harbor City (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Parades & processions--California--Los Angeles
Floats (Parades)--California--Los Angeles
Dedications--California--Los Angeles