"Birth of the American Flag" float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936

Title: "Birth of the American Flag" float at the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936
Date Created: January 1, 1936
Date: 1936-01-01
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: "Birth of the American Flag" with Betsy Ross (actress Priscilla Lawson) working on one section of the flag. The float was submitted by the city of North Hollywood.
The theme of the 1936 forty-seventh annual Rose Parade was "History in Flowers."
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 4304, 1936 Rose Parade, 1-1-36, [stamped:] Jan 3 1936.

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_13373
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002hnjtz
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Rights Country: US
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