Pasadena Water Department parade float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

Title: Pasadena Water Department parade float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939
Date Created: January 2, 1939
Date: 1939-01-02
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Different photographs taken on the same occasion appears with the article, "Rose Parade Awes 1,250,000," Los Angeles Times, 03 Jan 1939: 1.
The Pasadena Water Department's float was called "Song of India."
An elephant walking along a runway of waves appears before a two-dimensional floral illustration of the Taj Mahal. Princess Betty Mae Allin sits atop the elephant with her "attendants," Helen Jennerich and Bertiel Clark.
The 1939 Tournament of Roses theme was Golden Jubilee to mark the 50th anniversary of the parade. Shirley Temple served as Grand Marshal.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 15283 New Year’s Parade Jan 2, 1939 (Rose Parade)

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

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_14669
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002j89cb
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Rights Country: US
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