"Making of the Mission Bells" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935

Title: "Making of the Mission Bells" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1935
Date Created: January 1, 1935
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: The theme of the 1935 forty-sixth annual Rose Parade was "Golden Legends."
The "Making of the Mission Bells" float features a floral rendition of the San Gabriel Mission at the back of the float with a priest (Raoul de Ramirez), and a forge in the front with a blacksmith (George Gantus), and another man in a cape (Arnoldo de Ramirez) and 4 visible ladies in Spanish dress (there were 5 in all: Norma Dana, Laurita Lugo, Calrito Lugo, Floretta Cortez, and Gracia Didier). The float was entered by the city of San Gabriel and is seen at the intersection of Orange Grove Blvd. and Colorado Blvd.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Tournament of Roses, 1935

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Tournament of Roses
Location: Pasadena (Calif.)
Longitude: 34.14557053788900
Latitude: -118.16034078598000
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Transportation
Floats (Parades)--California--Pasadena
Events
Parades & processions--California--Pasadena
Entertainment

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_3662
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002cp9ns
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Rights Country: US
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
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