Metropolitan Water District float at Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1939

Title: Metropolitan Water District float at 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: Two unidentified women and a man ride a parade float featuring a dam and desert. The sign in the front reads, “Vision of the Golden Cities.”
The 1939 Tournament of Roses theme was Golden Jubilee to mark the 50th anniversary of the parade. Shirley Temple served as Grand Marshal.
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
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 15283 Rose Parade 1939

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

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_14682
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002j89t2
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Rights Country: US
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
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