"Chinese Empress" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade, Pasadena, 1936
Description
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Tournament of Roses Parade, Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: 12584, Chinese Epmress Wan Qua Fei float, a carriage lead by dragons with Lili Arikawa seated on a throne as the empress, hanging baskets and lanterns, and with 'Long Beach' written on top seen by crowd at 1936 Tournament of Roses Parade. The float is seen at the intersection of Colorado Boulevard and Orange Grove Blvd., 34.14549950316556, -118.16019058227539, Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds., The theme for the forty-seventh Rose Parade was "History in Flowers"