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Title
Big vegetables prove Alaska really huge
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Dean, Gordon
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1959
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph caption dated September 16, 1959 reads, "Harry Waite, left, and Herman Griffin display giant turnip and squash grown in Alaska and sent to Waite by John Bush, farmer in Matinuska Valley, near Anchorage. Vegetables won blue ribbons in first fair sponsored by 49th state."
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00109841
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d010_f23_i28
CARL0005251972
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/45104
Subject
Engineers--California--San Fernando
Men--California--San Fernando
Vegetables--Alaska
Cabbage--Alaska
Squashes--Alaska
Turnips--Alaska
Radishes--Alaska
Awards--Alaska
Alaska
San Fernando (Calif.)
Group portraits
Portrait photographs
Valley Times Collection photographs

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