1950 Rose Parade float

1950 January

Title
1950 Rose Parade float
Collection
Caltech Images Collection
Series
Campus and Student Life
Sub-Series
Buildings and Campus
Identifier
30.22-9
Dates
1950 January
Extents
1 photographs (negative)
Abstract
Palomar Observatory was the subject of the Caltech float in the 1950 Rose Parade. Planned by noted industrial designer Henry Dreyfuss and built by students, the chrysanthemum-covered float had a telescope with an eight-foot-long tube mounted on a turntable with a diameter of nine feet. Historical photographs--Pasadena.
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