Roland C. Casad shows off his gourd carving, Los Angeles, 1925

Item Overview

Title

Roland C. Casad shows off his gourd carving, Los Angeles, 1925

Date Created

November 8, 1925

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

English
No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

The gourd that Mr. Casad is holding has the following carved onto it in English: “When the people show as much enterprise in the solution of this depression as our President Franklin Delano Roosevelt does, this depression will soon be over. This is the people’s problem as much as his. Signed Roland C. Casad, Covina, California”.
Story related to photograph appears with the article, "Big Apples Produced at Oceanside," Los Angeles Times, 08 Nov 1925: J6.
Roland holds a large vegetable that looks like a squash which has carved on it "READ THE LOS ANGELES TIMES FOR NEWS AND ADVERTISING, READ "UNEMPLOYMENT AND ITS SOLUTION" BY ROLAND C CASAD FOR IDEAS!"
Mr. Casad is said to have discovered an apple tree growing on the property of H.E. Ellery that grows massive fruit weighing over two pounds and measuring eighteen inches around the waist. He considers himself to be a melon grower and experimenter.

Caption

Handwritten on negative: Ronald C. Casad
Text from negative sleeve: Text from negative sleeve: CASAD, ROLAND C. 1925

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Subjects

Carving--California--Los Angeles
Squashes--California--Los Angeles
Depressions--California--Los Angeles

Names

Casad, Roland Cortez, 1876-1951

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image