Mary Lou Carter with the blooming wisteria plant, Sierra Madre, 1936

Item Overview

Title

Mary Lou Carter with the blooming wisteria plant, Sierra Madre, 1936

Date Created

March 17, 1936

Date

1936-03-17

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph appears with the article, "Press to Get Preview of Huge Blooming Vine," Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar 1936: 10.
Mary Lou sits at the top of a ladder holding the branch above her head in one hand.
Newspapers visit Sierra Madre on Newspaper Day to eat and admire the huge wisteria, regardless of rain or shine.

Caption

Text from newspaper caption: Sierra Madre's annual Wistaria Fete will open Friday, with the famous vine in full bloom. Little 4-year-old Mary Lou Carter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Carter, and great-grand-daughter of Nathaniel Coburn Carter, founder of Sierra Madre, looks over the wisteria blossoms. The vine, which covers an entire acre, is on the Fennel estate.
Handwritten on negative: Mary Lou Carter
Text from negative sleeve: 4659 - Mary Lou Carter, great-grand-daughter of Nathaniel Coburn Carter, founder of Sierra Madre. Sierra Madre Wisteria Fete. 4/6/36 [stamped:] Apr 9- 1936

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Carter, Mary Lou, b. 1931 or 32

Location

Sierra Madre (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Children--California--Sierra Madre
Plants--California--Sierra Madre
Ladders