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Floats, At The 2017 San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade

Magnificent Rooster
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Southwest Airlines was chief sponsor of the event and hosted a float that featured a magnificent rooster.

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Solid Gold
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The ICBC float featured stacks of gold coins surrounding the feet of a solid gold rooster.

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Coke
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The Coca Cola float featured huge bottles of coke arranged behind a super abstract rooster.

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Lucky Float
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The Lucky, California chain of grocery stores featured a float heaped with food.

Lucky, California external link   •  Floats external link   •  At The 2017 San Francisco external link   •  Chinese New Year external link Parade   •  Sutter Street between Grant and Stockton   •  San Francisco, California   •  (Date Photographed: 19:08:47 Saturday 11 February 2017)   •  (Date Published: Friday 10 March 2017)   •  © 2017 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C17_2362
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Ceramic Rooster
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The North East Medical Services' float featured a traditional ceramic rooster as its center piece.

North East Medical Services external link   •  Floats external link   •  At The 2017 San Francisco external link   •  Chinese New Year external link Parade   •  Sutter Street between Grant and Stockton   •  San Francisco, California   •  (Date Photographed: 19:12:19 Saturday 11 February 2017)   •  (Date Published: Friday 10 March 2017)   •  © 2017 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C17_2404
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Psychedelic Rooster
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The Huaxing Arts Group float was in the shape of a psychedelic rooster.

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Cathay Pacific
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The Cathay Pacific float created a rooster using the spaces between white shapes.

Cathay Pacific external link   •  Floats external link   •  At The 2017 San Francisco external link   •  Chinese New Year external link Parade   •  Sutter Street between Grant and Stockton   •  San Francisco, California   •  (Date Photographed: 19:34:27 Saturday 11 February 2017)   •  (Date Published: Friday 10 March 2017)   •  © 2017 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C17_2648
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Tsingtao Beer
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The Tsingtao Beer bloat showed two roosters admiring a bottle of Tsingtao Beer.

Tsingtao Beer external link   •  Floats external link   •  At The 2017 San Francisco external link   •  Chinese New Year external link Parade   •  Sutter Street between Grant and Stockton   •  San Francisco, California   •  (Date Photographed: 19:37:54 Saturday 11 February 2017)   •  (Date Published: Friday 10 March 2017)   •  © 2017 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C17_2694
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Rooster Crows
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The Wells Fargo Bank float showed a rooster flapping its wings and crowing over young chicks.

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Ageless Clown
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The MacDonald's float showed a large rooster standing behind the MacDonald's clown (who never seemed to age).

Floats external link   •  At The 2017 San Francisco external link   •  Chinese New Year external link Parade   •  Sutter Street between Grant and Stockton   •  San Francisco, California   •  (Date Photographed: 19:50:23 Saturday 11 February 2017)   •  (Date Published: Friday 10 March 2017)   •  © 2017 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #C17_2855
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