"Conquest of India by Alexander the Great" float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

Title: "Conquest of India by Alexander the Great" float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936
Date Created: January 1, 1936
Publisher: Los Angeles Daily News
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description: A floral replica of an Indian temple on the back with Alice Williams and Anna McDougal as veiled princesses seated on the steps, and two floral chargers pulling Alexander, played by Sammy Schwartz, in a golden chariot in the front. The float was entered by the Pasadena Water Dept. The float is seen at the intersection of Colorado Boulevard and Orange Grove Blvd.
The theme for the forty-seventh Rose Parade was "History in Flowers"
Caption: Text from original nitrate sleeve: Tournament of Roses Parade
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: 12584, 23

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Subjects: Culture
Spectators--California--Pasadena
Parades & processions--California--Pasadena
Events
Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena
Names: Tournament of Roses
Location: Pasadena (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.14549950316560
Latitude: -118.16019058227500
Resource type: still image

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local identifier: 12584
uclamss_1387_12584-19
ARK: ark:/21198/zz0025545x
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Rights statement: copyrighted
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Rights Country: US
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