Genre: cellulose nitrate film / Location: Los Angeles (Calif.) / Subject: Events and Arts - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Related to Los Angeles Times article, June 5, 1925, Shrine Parade and Film Pageant Draw Record Crowd of Big Week
Date:: June 5, 1925
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Float decorated as pyramid and god, with about eight students in Aztec costume with drums, spears, and arrows, marching on coliseum track, with audience in background
Date:: June 5, 1925
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: Float decorated as sailing ship The Golden Hind, with about seven students riding costumed as Sir Francis Drake and crew, with sign reading Golden Hind, Drake's Ship, Berendo Junior High, on coliseum track with audience in background
Date:: June 5, 1925
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: A similar photograph appears with Los Angeles Times article, May 19, 1934, Film Star Frolic Seen By 10,000, Ann Harding and Cantor Shine in Screen Guild Show First Performance. …Ann Harding, in a white satin costume studded with pearls … Eddie Cantor … attired in a Roman toga, was master of ceremonies. …
Date:: May 18, 1934
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Another photograph taken on this occasion was published with the Los Angeles Times Article titled "Grainger Doubly Engaged, Bowl Events to Cap Director's Career."
Date:: July 30,1928
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Crowd lined up outside Shrine Auditorium for a San Francisco Opera Association performance of Tristan and Isolde (Tristan und Isolde) on opening night of the Opera. Star of the show was Kirsten Flagstad, the Norwegian soprano, accompanied by the San Francisco Opera Orchestra
Date:: November 15, 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Crowds of citizens observing as a float passes by during the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural, held to honor the first instances of power-production from the dam. Downtown Los Angeles was flooded with 7.2 million candle-power lights, and engineers claimed that the display was visible from 100 miles away.
Date:: October 9, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Float decorated with hut and palm trees, and with students in grass costumes carrying canoes, marching on coliseum track, with audience in background
Date:: June 5, 1925
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: An electrical-themed float including a throne, costumed participants and an imitation crystal ball created for the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural. The celebration was held to honor the first instances of power-production from the dam. Downtown Los Angeles was flooded with 7.2 million candle-power light, and engineers claimed that the display was visible from 100 miles away.
Date:: October 9, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: A floral-themed float including a throne, costumed participants and glowing flowers created for the Hoover Dam Power Inaugural. The celebration was held to honor the first instances of power-production from the dam. Downtown Los Angeles was flooded with 7.2 million candle-power light, and engineers claimed that the display was visible from 100 miles away.
Date:: October 9, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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