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. Photograph appears with the article, "Press to Get Preview of Huge Blooming Vine," Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar 1936: 10. Mary Lou sits at the top of a ladder holding the branch above her head in one hand. Newspapers visit Sierra Madre on Newspaper Day to eat and admire the huge wisteria, regardless of rain or shine. Text from newspaper caption: Sierra Madre's annual Wistaria Fete will open Friday, with the famous vine in full bloom. Little 4-year-old Mary Lou Carter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Carter, and great-grand-daughter of Nathaniel Coburn Carter, founder of Sierra Madre, looks over the wisteria blossoms. The vine, which covers an entire acre, is on the Fennel estate. Handwritten on negative: Mary Lou Carter Text from negative sleeve: 4659 - Mary Lou Carter, great-grand-daughter of Nathaniel Coburn Carter, founder of Sierra Madre. Sierra Madre Wisteria Fete. 4/6/36 [stamped:] Apr 9- 1936
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13864 ark:/21198/zz002j7bm0
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Children--California--Sierra Madre Plants--California--Sierra Madre Ladders Carter, Mary Lou, b. 1931 or 32
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