Dr. Walter Carter, entomologist, with Guatemalan jungle flies, Los Angeles, 1932
- Description:
- Dr. Walter Carter, entomologist, sits on a liner with two boxes next to his right. The boxes are filled with 1 million Guatemalan jungle flies en route to Hawaii in efforts to control a pineapple crop pest, the mealy bug. To his left is a steamer trunk standing on end, with two luggage stickers. He holds a pipe in his right hand. This was taken on the liner, Saint Teresa, in Los Angeles.
- Date:
- November 25, 1932
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Photographer:
- Howe, Frank B., 1897-1963
- Collection:
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Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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