Float in the form of Cabrillo's ship in the Pioneer Days parade, Santa Monica, 1935

Title: Float in the form of Cabrillo's ship in the Pioneer Days parade, Santa Monica, 1935
Date Created: July 27, 1935
Date: 1935-07-27
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: A man costumed as a friar stands in front of a float replica of Cabrillo's ship in the Pioneer Days parade. Riders on the float are costumed as Spanish explorers. The float is pulled by 3 or 4 horses.
Caption: Text from newspaper caption: Colorful Parade Climaxes Santa Monica's Pioneer Day Celebration: Replica of ship which in 1542 brought to the shores of Santa Monica Bay Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, Spanish adventurer and explorer. This float, entered by the Santa Monica Department of public Safety, won first place as best historical float in "Fiesta Memories" Parade yesterday, which climaxed the city's fourth annual Pioneer Days celebration. [Los Angeles Times, 28 Jul. 1935: C12]
Text from negative sleeve: 3076. Replica of Cabrillo's ship. Pioneers Parade Santa Monica. 7/27/35. [Stamped:] Dec 11 1935.

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Pioneer Days (Santa Monica, Calif.)
Location: Santa Monica (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Parades & processions--California--Santa Monica
Floats (Parades)--California--Santa Monica

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_10874
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002hb0d0
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