West Orange Farm Center's agricultural display at the Orange County Fair, Orange County, 1930

Item Overview

Title

West Orange Farm Center's agricultural display at the Orange County Fair, Orange County, 1930

Date Created

[between September 5, 1930-October 5, 1930]

Date

1930-09-30/1930-10-05

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

English
No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of West Orange Farm Center's agricultural display at LA County Fair. There is a replica of Egyptian pyramids made out of oranges, a stone sphinx, sand, and some fake palm trees. Surrounding the display are various fruits and vegetables, which include grapes, avocados, corn, and more oranges.
This photograph appears with the article, “Two More Good Fairs: ORANGE AND VENTURA FOLKS CELEBRATE,” Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 1930: J10.
A sign in the photograph reads “PLACENTIA. ‘Home of the Valencia”. Farm Center”.

Caption

Text from newspaper caption: A striking display was that of West Orange Farm Center, which simulated the Sahara, with walnut pyramids and a sphinx in the foreground’s sands which seemed to have found an answer to the riddle of the centuries down in Orange county. The exhibit won a second prize award in the division for diversified farm center displays. [Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 1930: J10]
Text from negative sleeve: Los Angeles County Fair. 1930.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

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

Location

Orange County (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Agricultural exhibitions--California--Orange County
Fairs--California--Los Angeles