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Title
Three women, including the Los Angeles County Fair Queen, posing on a produce exhibit at the fair in Pomona, ca.1940
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1940
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of three women, including the Los Angeles County Fair Queen, posing on a produce exhibit at the fair in Pomona, ca.1940. The fair queen is at center and is wearing a crown of flowers and a long cape. Two other women are standing on either side of the queen. The exhibit in front of which they are standing is a multi-tiered set up with displays of various types of produce, including oranges and other fruits. Three large columns rise up in the background. The room is lit by massive geometric lights on the curved ceiling of the building.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m11216
USC-2-1-1-11366 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-33212
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m11216
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-33212.jpg
Subject
Fairs
Exhibitions
Festivals and parades--Los Angeles County Fair--Pomona
Los Angeles County Fair
Buildings
Time Period
circa 1940
Place
California
Los Angeles
Pomona
USA
Source
33212 [Accession number]
84-1-2465 [Microfiche number]
CHS-33212 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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