"New Jersey" float before the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1928

Description

Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds., Text from negative sleeve: Tournament of Roses, 1928, The theme of the 1928 Rose Parade was a League of Nations in flowers, "New Jersey" float showing Washington crossing the Delaware with a striking floral American flag in the boat, photographed on a residential street (probably S. Orange Grove Blvd.) before the start of the parade. Men dressed in the uniform of the Revolutionary Army are on the float and a soldier stands next to the float with a banner reading: "New Jersey." The float was entered by the city of Long Beach.