US UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. This photograph appears with the article, “Two More Good Fairs: ORANGE AND VENTURA FOLKS CELEBRATE,” Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 1930: J10. A sign in the photograph reads “PLACENTIA. ‘Home of the Valencia”. Farm Center”. Photograph of West Orange Farm Center's agricultural display at LA County Fair. There is a replica of Egyptian pyramids made out of oranges, a stone sphinx, sand, and some fake palm trees. Surrounding the display are various fruits and vegetables, which include grapes, avocados, corn, and more oranges. Text from negative sleeve: Los Angeles County Fair. 1930. Text from newspaper caption: A striking display was that of West Orange Farm Center, which simulated the Sahara, with walnut pyramids and a sphinx in the foreground’s sands which seemed to have found an answer to the riddle of the centuries down in Orange county. The exhibit won a second prize award in the division for diversified farm center displays. [Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 1930: J10]
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_5616 ark:/21198/zz002cvp8n
Language
English No linguistic content
Subject
Fairs--California--Los Angeles Agricultural exhibitions--California--Orange County Los Angeles County Fair (Los Angeles County, Calif.) Orange County Fair (Orange County, Calif.)
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