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Photograph caption dated April 9, 1957 reads, "City kids turn cowboy on Valley ranch - Members of Girl Scout troop 1192, sponsored by San Fernando Business and Professional Women's Club, lead horses along one of riding trails which wind through 400-acre Bob Symonds ranch off Foothill boulevard in San Gabriel Mountains at Sylmar. Ranch is mecca for Valley and other Los Angeles youth groups looking for taste of Western ranch life." See images 00153494 through 00153500 for all photos in this series.
San Fernando Business and Professional Women's Club Sunset Farms (Sylmar, Los Angeles, Calif.) Girl Scouts of the United States of America Horseback riding Horse farms Horses Ranches Youth organizations Girls--Societies and clubs Women Girls Trails & paths Sylmar (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Group portraits
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