May Betteridge in a garden with large terracotta pots, Los Angeles, 1928-1934

Item Overview

Title

May Betteridge in a garden with large terracotta pots, Los Angeles, 1928-1934

Photographer

Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966

Date Created

[between 1928-1934]

Date

1928/1934

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950

Notes

Description

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.
May Betteridge seated on a lawn in a garden looking towards a display of large terracotta pots. Five pots are lined up with 2 of them on a garden bench with lion figurine supports. Behind her are more pots and pieces of garden sculpture depicting mythological subjects including a putto with a fish (left) and a seated nude or Aphrodite figure. The garden is enclosed by tall bushes and cypress trees.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 2663 P1 to 4. May Betteridge. Various. Myrtle ave. near Pico 1300 Blk.
Handwritten on negative: 2663 P2

Physical Description

Extent

1 photographic negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Betteridge, May Isabelle, 1905-1984

Location

California--Los Angeles

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Sculpture--California--Los Angeles
Gardens--California--Los Angeles
Actresses--American--California--Los Angeles