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Title: Peacock Eggs???
Alternative Title: Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator: Haellins, J. A
Contributor: This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued: 1960
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Photograph was edited for publication purposes; Original date of photograph is August 1, 1947.
Photograph caption dated June 29, 1960 reads, "Double County goof." News article chids the County of Los Angeles for announcing the sale of peacock eggs for $5 per dozen. Article points out that peacocks do not lay eggs, as their female counterpart, the peahen, is responsible for producing eggs.
Type: Image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00117412
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d020_f14_i16
CARL0005345087
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/50999
Subject: Peafowl--California--San Fernando Valley
Dwellings--California--San Fernando Valley
San Fernando Valley (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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