Image / Dr. Walter Carter, entomologist, with Guatemalan jungle flies, Los Angeles, 1932

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Title: Dr. Walter Carter, entomologist, with Guatemalan jungle flies, Los Angeles, 1932
Contributor: Howe, Frank B., 1897-1963
Date Created and/or Issued: November 25, 1932
1932-11-25
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: 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.
Dr. Walter Carter, entomologist, sits on a liner with two boxes next to his right. The boxes are filled with 1 million Guatemalan jungle flies en route to Hawaii in efforts to control a pineapple crop pest, the mealy bug. To his left is a steamer trunk standing on end, with two luggage stickers. He holds a pipe in his right hand. This was taken on the liner, Saint Teresa, in Los Angeles.
Related to "Guatemala Fly Horde on Liner," Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov 1932: 7.
Text on luggage stickers: Grace Line, Panama Mail Route, Cabin San Francisco ; Panama Mail S. S. Co., D.
Text on negative sleeve: Carter, Walter Dr. & family
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_1502
ark:/21198/zz002dbzx1
Language: English
Subject: Passenger ships--California--Los Angeles
Entomologists--United States
Luggage
Biological pest control agents--Hawaii
Arrivals & departures--American--California--Los Angeles
Carter, Walter, 1897-1977
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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