Program from the 1949 Death Valley Centennial Celebration
Program from the 1949 Death Valley Centennial Celebration (inside).
This photo shows the orchestra on the hill in the background, the wagons of the Pageant in the middle and the overflow crowd standing on the hillside in the foreground.
The pageant included reenactments of events of 1849 with music by Ferde Grofe and the Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra. The narration of all the proceedings was given by James Stewart.
More than 65,000 people showed up to the 1949 Centennial Pageant- it was a huge success!
This photo shows the cars parked at Desolation Canyon.
