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Pasadena Tournament of Roses slides

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 7134

Scope and Contents

The Pasadena Tournament of Roses slides consist of two sets of color photographic slides documenting the Tournament of Roses Parade (also known as the Rose Parade) for the years 1959 and 1961. Each set contains approximately seventy 35mm mounted slides. Drewry Photocolor Corporation, based in Glendale, California, produced the slides. Each slide is captioned with a description of the image and branded "TreasureTone Travel Slides." The Tournament of Roses is an annual parade that is followed by the Rose Bowl Game, held mostly along Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, California on New Year's Day.

Dates

  • Creation: 1959 - 1961

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

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Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Rights Statement for Archival Description

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Extent

0.42 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The Pasadena Tournament of Roses slides consist of two sets of color photographic slides documenting the Tournament of Roses Parade (also known as the Rose Parade) for the years 1959 and 1961. Each set contains approximately seventy 35mm mounted slides. Drewry Photocolor Corporation, based in Glendale, California, produced the slides. Each slide is captioned with a description of the image and branded "TreasureTone Travel Slides." The Tournament of Roses is an annual parade that is followed by the Rose Bowl Game, held mostly along Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, California on New Year's Day.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Waverly Lowell, May 5, 2021.

Title
Finding aid for the Pasadena Tournament of Roses slides
Status
Completed
Author
Bo Doub
Date
2022 May
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository

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