California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Blimp-shaped float in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, ca.1900

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Blimp-shaped float in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, ca.1900

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Photograph of a blimp-shaped float in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, ca.1900. The float is at center and is surrounded by several young boys in light-colored uniforms. The float consists of a large, oval-shaped balloon held in place by flower-covered ropes. The boys are holding more flower-covered ropes that are attached to the base of the blimp. There is a sidewalk at left, as well as several large trees. A horse-drawn vehicle is making its way down the dirt street in the background at right.

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Title Blimp-shaped float in the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Parade, ca.1900

Subject Festivals -- Rose Parade -- Floats (file heading), Parade floats (lcsh), Parades (lcsh), roadways (adlf), Tournament of Roses (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), Pasadena (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1900

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 10 x 11 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

Date Created 1900

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m20186

Identifier 14172 (accession number), CHS-14172 (call number), CHS-14172 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-20003 (legacy record id), chs-m20186 (legacy record id), 1-37-209 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 20003

Unique identifier UC122248

Legacy Identifier CHS-14172.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.7 in × 15.2 in at 300dpi
42.6 cm × 38.8 cm at 300dpi

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Title California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Description The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.

We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others.

Date Created 1860/1960

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