Orange Parade, Kenilworth and Mutual Orange Distributors floats, Riverside, 1933

Item Overview

Title

Orange Parade, Kenilworth and Mutual Orange Distributors floats, Riverside, 1933

Date Created

May, 1933

Date

1933-05

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Truck decorated with castle and pyramid of oranges, with banner reading Kenilworth Brand, [Packed?] by Sierra Vista Packing Association; followed by float decorated by cross reading Pure Gold in circle reading Mutual Orange Distributors, California, with young woman in pirate hat with basket riding in front; 2 other floats visible in distance; crowd and buildings in left foreground and right background; business signs reading St. George Hotel, McMahon Exclusive Flower Shop, Oaks Shoe Store Featuring Peters Shoes, Franzen Hardware Co., Crockery, Furniture, Hardware, Sherwin-Williams Paints, Bayz's Candy, Soda, Lunch, with Riverside mission bell symbol decorating lampposts, sign at left reading Eighth St., No U Turn, banners overhead
A similar photograph appears with the article “Riverside Pays Homage to First Orange Trees, Two-Mile Street Pageant Cheered by Thousands and Banquet Feature Sixieth Birthday.” Los Angeles Times, 6 May 1933, with caption: Huge Parade at Riverside Kaleidoscope of Color. “Ohs and Ahs” Greet Marchers. Mutual Orange Distributors’ offering.

Caption

Text from nitrate negative sleeve: California, Riverside, Orange Parade, 1933

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Mutual Orange Distributors (Redlands, Calif.)
Orange Parade (Riverside, Calif.)
Kenilworth Oranges (Riverside, Calif.)
Sierra Vista Packing Association (Riverside, Calif.)

Location

Riverside (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Floats (Parades)--California--Riverside
Parades & processions--California--Riverside