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, "Gates of County Fair Open on Wonderland," Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep 1936: A1. With a somber face Marilyn holds a group of bean stalks tied to a ruler that as tall as she is. The 15th annual fair consisting of 205 acres of wonders will be running for seventeen days featuring animals, elaborate lights, entertainment, and lots of produce. Text from negative sleeve: 6639 - Marilyn Maag Cofair Beans 9/18/36 [stamped:] Sep 24 1936 Handwritten on negative: Marilyn Maag 9/19/36 Text from newspaper caption: Every bean enough for a meal-that's what Marilyn Maag thinks of these yard-long specimens she holds.
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_14552 ark:/21198/zz002j85bw
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Girls--California--Pomona Fairs--California--Pomona Measuring--California--Pomona Maag, Marilyn, b. 1933 Los Angeles County Fair (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
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