Orange Parade, Mutual Orange Distributors float, Riverside, 1933

Item Overview

Title

Orange Parade, Mutual Orange Distributors float, Riverside, 1933

Date Created

May, 1933

Date

1933-05

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

A similar photograph appears with the article “Riverside Pays Homage to First Orange Trees, Two-Mile Street Pageant Cheered by Thousands and Banquet Feature Sixieth Birthday.” Los Angeles Times, 6 May 1933, with caption: Huge Parade at Riverside Kaleidoscope of Color. “Ohs and Ahs” Greet Marchers. Close-up picture of pirates burying chest of golden oranges, featuring the M.O.D. float.
Side view of float resembling large rock, decorated by cross reading Pure Gold in circle reading Mutual Orange Distributors, with signs on side reading Mutual Orange Distributors and Pure Gold, California Oranges, "The Gift of God's Sun and Soil to You! The Choice of Princes and Pirates Too!", with young woman in pirate hat seated in front, 3 young women in pirate costumes standing around treasure chest full of oranges at rear, with trees in background, house in right background

Caption

Text from nitrate negative sleeve: California, Riverside, Orange Parade, 1933

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Names

Mutual Orange Distributors (Redlands, Calif.)
Orange Parade (Riverside, Calif.)

Location

Riverside (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Parades & processions--California--Riverside
Floats (Parades)--California--Riverside
Pirates--Performances & portrayals--California--Riverside