Chamber of Commerce "tally-ho" float for the La Fiesta Parade, Los Angeles, ca.1902

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Title Chamber of Commerce "tally-ho" float for the La Fiesta Parade, Los Angeles, ca.1902

Description Photograph of the Chamber of Commerce "tally-ho" float for the La Fiesta Parade, Los Angeles, ca.1902. The large coach holds four rows of women holding parasols in lightly-colored dresses, with an extra similarly-dressed woman sitting in front with the coachman, who wears a nightcap and brandishes a gray handlebar moustache. The coach is decorated with tiny flower buds on its sides and wheels, and has made out the initials of "C of C" on the side. The card affixed to the float reads "Class Number C1". A clapboard-sided house is visible in the background.; Picture file card reads: "The great President Roosevelt was here.", and "L.A. Times Sunday 5-5-1901: 'Events of Society / One of the handsomest Tally-ho coaches that will appear in the La Fiesta Parade is that of the Cham. Of Com., which will follow the president's carriage. Mrs. Howard M. Zale will act as chaperone on that day and the coach will be occupied by prominent young society ladies. They will be gowned alike in white and will carry white parasols, ornamented with yellow ribbons. The C. of C. colors, yellow and white, will also be carried out on the floral decorations of the Tally-ho. The following named young ladies will be there: Misses Virginia Drydew, Dorothy Graff, Bella Coulter, Reba Cole, Mary Ridgeway, Lucy Clark, Bereba Pollard, Edith Whittaker, Theresa Smith, May Chapman and Louise Hill.'".

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1897/1907

Subject Boards of trade (lcsh), Chapman, May (subject), Clark, Lucy (subject), Cole, Reba (subject), Coulter, Bella (subject), Drydew, Virginia, Mrs. (subject), Festivals -- La Fiesta de Los Angeles (file heading), Graff, Dorothy (subject), Hill, Louise (subject), La Fiesta de Los Angeles (subject), Parade floats (lcsh), Parades (lcsh), Parades and festivals (file heading), Pollard, Bereba (subject), Ridgeway, Mary (subject), Roosevelt, Theodore, President (subject), Smith, Theresa (subject), transportation features (adlf), Whittaker, Edith (subject), Zale, Howard M., Mrs. (subject)

Tags oai:digitallibrary.usc.edu:chs,OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1897/1907

Type images

Format 1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographs (aat), transparencies (aat)

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

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-m7213

Identifier 7568 (accession number), CHS-7568 (call number), CHS-7568 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-7353 (legacy record id), chs-m7213 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-7340 (legacy record id), 1-121-65 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 7353

Unique identifier UC123074

Legacy Identifier CHS-7568.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.5 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.5 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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