"Taj Mahal" float from Santa Barbara at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

Title: "Taj Mahal" float from Santa Barbara at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939
Date Created: January 2, 1939
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: A similar photograph appears with the headline, “Long Beach Depicts Sea of Roses and Metropolitan Water District Parker Dam,” Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan 1939: 3
The 1939 Tournament of Roses theme was Golden Jubilee to mark the 50th anniversary of the parade. Shirley Temple served as Grand Marshal.
Santa Barbara fashioned a 50-foot replica of the Taj Mahal out of roses, chrysanthemums, and lotus flowers as their parade entry. It took home first prize in the Class A-1 division.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 15283 New Year’s Parade Jan 2, 1939 (Rose Parade)

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

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local identifier: uclamss_1429_14678
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002j89p0
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Rights Country: US
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