Anaheim booth at the Los Angeles County Fair, Pomona, 1929

Item Overview

Title

Anaheim booth at the Los Angeles County Fair, Pomona, 1929

Date Created

[circa September 1929]

Date

1929-09

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Related to Los Angeles Times article, "Fair at Pomona Best in History: Los Angeles County Events Now in Full Blast: Exhibits Excel All Records in Size and Beauty: Race Track Laurels Expected to Set New Mark," 18 Sept. 1929: A1.
Anaheim booth at the Los Angeles County Fair. The exhibit consists of two camels carrying a carriage with a woman in it. There is a mannequin next to the camel in the front. The base of the display is lined with produce and beneath that are Egyptian hieroglyphics. Signs read, "California Valencia Orange Show Anaheim" and "'Transportation' from Anaheim oasis to Pomona." Palm trees surround the exhibit. People are visible in the background.

Caption

Text from newspaper caption: "Times" Cameramen Drop in on Los Angeles County Fair at Pomona: The Egyptian Motif is Carried Out in Anaheim Exhibit [Los Angeles Times, 18 Sept. 1929: A15]
Text from negative sleeve: Los Angeles County Fair, 1929

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
cellulose nitrate film

Names

Los Angeles County Fair (Los Angeles County, Calif.)

Location

Pomona (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Exhibit booths--California--Pomona
Fairs--California--Pomona
Agricultural exhibits--California--Pomona