Typewritten documents describing photographs of shipments of Easter lilies from Los Angeles, 1931
Contributor
McDougall, Rosine, -- b. ca. 1916 (subject) University of California, Los Angeles. -- Library. -- Dept. of Special Collections (repository) Franklin, Marjorie, -- b. ca. 1916 (subject) Hull House Association (subject) Lloyd, Bob, -- fl. 1923-1931 (subject) Wilkiemeyer, Grace, -- b. ca. 1916 (subject)
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Description
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Bartlett 1048 - 1049 - 1050 1051 - 1052 - 1053 Easter Lillies. Easter Lillies, Los Angeles nursery, where 500,000, a million dollars worth of these blooms are coming into full flowering for the Easter trade. Girls, left to right, loading flowers into truck - Rosine McDougall, Grace Wilkiemeyer, Marjorie Franklin. Closeup, one girl, with flowers, Rosine McDougall. Closeup, one girl, with Bob Lloyd (aviator), Grace Wilkiemeyer. Not all images described in document are in digital collection 5 short typewritten documents, probably adhesive label captions for photographs, with edges torn. Text reads in part: 1. 1931 514 BA Delivering Easter flowers by air. Bob Lloyd receiving a box of California Easter lillues [sic] for shipment ot [sic] the Jane Addams settlement in Chicago, the gift of high school girls in Glendale, Cal. 2. California's half million dollar Easter lilly crop. Scene in the hothouse where easter lillies are in full bloom. 3. 1931 512 BA Shipping Easter Lillies by air. Pilot Bob Lloyd, aerial flower delivery agent, receives boxes of Easter lillies. 4. 1931 513 BA California's half million dollar Easter lilly crop is ready for shipment. 5. Loading part of California's half million dollar easter lillies into trucks for shipment to the markets throughout the country. Left to right Rosine McDougall, Grace Wilkiemeyer, and Marjorie Franklin. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
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