May Betteridge and avocados, Los Angeles, 1933
Item Overview
- Title
- May Betteridge and avocados, Los Angeles, 1933
- Photographer
- Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
- Date Created
- 11/1/33
- Date
- 1933-11-01
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Collection
- Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Notes
- Description
-
Possibly montage photo of May Betteridge, representing the California avocado industry, with tray and basket of avocados, shelf of avocados in foreground, crates of avocados labeled Calavo [for Calavo Growers of California] in background. The avocado varieties shown are (left to right): Pueblo, Topa Topa, Dickinson, Itzanana, Fuerte and Linscott
May Betteridge appears in Los Angeles Times reportage from 1929 to 1934 and again in 1949-1950. She was known for her "little-theater" work by 1928 and was the National Orange Show Queen in 1934. - Caption
- Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 2661 P1 to 7. Calavo - Avacado [sic] Industry Growers of California. 11/1/33. May Betteridge
Physical Description
- Extent
- 1 photographic negative
- Dimensions
- 4 x 5 inches
Keywords
- Genre
-
photomontages
cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs - Names
- Betteridge, May Isabelle, 1905-1984
- Location
- California--Los Angeles
- Resource type
- still image
- Subjects
-
Avocado industry--California
People
Avocados--California--Los Angeles
Business
Find This Item
- Repository
- University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
- Local Identifier
- uclamss_1300_0274
- ARK
- ark:/21198/zz002bddrs
- Manifest url
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Access Condition
- Rights statement
- copyrighted
- Funding Note
- Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.