Orange Show Queen Bernardine Voorhess, San Bernardino, 1936

Description: Photograph appears with the article, "Orange Fete Opens Amid Hula Scenes," Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb 1936: 1, 7, and 20.
Wearing a white gown and tiara Bernardine smiles at the camera holding a full basket of oranges in each hand.
Crowds who turned out to see the Orange Show lead by toastmaster Arthur J. Brown were entertained by performances and decorations.
Caption: Text from newspaper caption: Bernardine Voorhess, presiding as queen over the 1936 Orange Show at San Bernardino, which opened yesterday.
Text from negative sleeve: 3838 2/28/36 Orange Show, National Bernardine Voorhess Barbara Nance Frances Lee Bussy 2 - 20 - 36 [stamped:] Feb 28 1936
Handwritten on negative: 1936 Orange show Queen Bernardine Voorhess

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Voorhess, Bernardine, b. 1918 or 19
Location: San Bernardino (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Baskets
Crowns
Oranges--California--San Bernardino
Festivals--California--San Bernardino
Costumes--American

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_12875
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002hmznq
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