Woman sits upon the San Joaquin County display at the National Orange Show, San Bernardino, 1933

Item Overview

Title

Woman sits upon the San Joaquin County display at the National Orange Show, San Bernardino, 1933

Date Created

[circa February 1933]

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Related to Los Angeles Times article, "Orange King on Throne: San Bernardino Show Opens: Twenty-third Annual Exhibit Honors Woman Founder of Great Industry: Lieut.-Gov. Merriam and Other Leaders of State at Ceremonies," 17 Feb. 1933: 1.
A woman sits upon the San Joaquin County display at the National Orange Show, which is in the shape of a ship. In front of the ship, there are various gourds and other produce in glass vessels. There is a sign to the right of the ship that reads, in part, "The San Joaquin County... Located at Stockton California... Cost $6,000,000. Length of Channel 88 mi... Depth 26 ft. Width 100 feet at bottom, 300 feet at surface, Curves 5000 foot maximum radius. Marked & Lighted. The Port of Stockton was officially..." Painted on the wall behind the ship is, "County of San Joaquin California's Inland Port."

Caption

Text from newspaper caption: Annual Orange Show Opening Attracts Throng: Ship Bearing Agricultural Treasures from San Joaquin County [Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 1933: 6]
Text from negative sleeve: National Orange Show 1934 [1933 negative misfiled]

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Subjects

Oranges--California--San Bernardino
Citrus fruit industry--California--San Bernardino
Agricultural exhibits--California--San Bernardino

Names

National Orange Show

Location

San Bernardino (Calif.)

Resource type

still image