Pacific Electric display at the National Orange Show, San Bernardino, 1930

Title: Pacific Electric display at the National Orange Show, San Bernardino, 1930
Date Created: [circa February 1930]
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: The Pacific Electric display at the National Orange Show. The display is a tower topped with an orange-covered dome and a medallion with wings on each side that reads, "Comfort Speed Safety." There are other medallions like this surrounding the center column. The center column has a map painted on it. On the front, there is a sign that reads, in part, "Over... Beverly Boulevard... Los Angeles & The Seashore."
Related to Los Angeles Times article, "Orange Show Achieves Art: Modernistic Motif Prevails at San Bernardino: Decorations and Exhibits Superbly Beautiful: Gov. Tapia Praises it as Surpassing Scene," 14 Feb. 1930: A1.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Orange Show 1930
Text from newspaper caption: San Bernardino Opens Its Twentieth Annual National Orange Show: The Twentieth National Orange Show opened its doors yesterday at San Bernardino with what is considered the finest array of citrus fruit displays in the history of the State. The interior of the mammoth show place is a mass of oranges arranged in a score of attractive designs. Exhibitors from all over the Southland are entered in the San Bernardino event. Photos below are by W. E. Snyder, Times Staff Photographer: The Pacific Electric Display Attracted Much Attention [Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 1930: 10]
Handwritten on negative: Orange Show 1930

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

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local identifier: uclamss_1429_6995
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002cx9th
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Rights Country: US
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