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

Title: Santa Barbara's "Taj Mahal" 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: Throngs of people gather on either side of the road as a float sporting a miniature model of the Taj Mahal goes by.
Photograph appears with the article, "Romance and Fantasy Feature Spectacle," Los Angeles Times, 03 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.
Caption: Text from newspaper caption: SANTA BARBARA PRESENTS A TAJ MAHAL BUILT IN FLOWERS Winner of first prize in Class A-1, Santa Barbara's float was a 50-foot replica of the Taj Mahal, said to be world's most beautiful building. Roses, chrysanthemums and lotus flowers were used in its construction.
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: 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_14687
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002j8b04
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