The float for Polytechnic High School parading down the street in the La Fiesta de Los Angeles parade, ca.1906 (CHS-5580)

The float for Polytechnic High School parading down the street in the La Fiesta de Los Angeles parade, ca.1906
Photograph of the float for Polytechnic High School parading down the street in the La Fiesta de Los Angeles parade, ca.1906. The float, covered with flowers, is designed to resemble a Viking ship with the figurehead of an eagle. Women, dressed in Nordic clothing, operate the four oars on each side of the ship. Three of the women, who are not operating the oars, stand at the center of the ship at different locations (one at the bow, one at the center, and one near the aft). A sign on the ship's bow reads: "Progress". Writings on the oarlocks read: "commerce, science, industry, and [...]". A label on the front of the float reads: "class A, [...] 2". Spectators on the sidewalks watch the float pass by. Buildings and trees are visible in the background.
Call number: CHS-5580
Filename: CHS-5580
Coverage date: circa 1906
Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Format: glass plate negatives
Type: images
Geographic subject (city or populated place): Los Angeles
Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections
Accession number: 5580
Microfiche number: 1-121-39
Archival file: chs_Volume72/CHS-5580.tiff
Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Geographic subject (country): USA
Format (aacr2): 3 photographs : glass photonegative, photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm., 10 x 13 cm.
Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
Subject (adlf): transportation features
Project: USC
Repository email: [email protected]
Contributing entity: California Historical Society
Date created: circa 1906
Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries
Format (aat): negatives (photographic); photographic prints; photographs
Geographic subject (state): California
Subject (file heading): Festivals -- La Fiesta de Los Angeles -- 1906; Festivals and parades -- La Fiesta -- Undated
Legacy record ID: chs-m11035; USC-1-1-1-11185
Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Geographic subject (county): Los Angeles
Subject (lcsh): Parades
Subject: Polytechnic High School; Parades and Festivals