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Photograph caption dated February 4, 1950 reads, "White tumbler show pigeon is at Animal Shelter, 14737 Oxnard St., Van Nuys, awaiting its owner. Bird was picked up after 'tumbling' to pavement on Van Nuys Blvd. between Friar and Sylvan Sts. Mrs. Marie Pickard rescued fowl from traffic."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Tumbler pigeons--California--Los Angeles Pigeon breeds--California--Los Angeles White pigeons--California--Los Angeles Animal shelters--California--Los Angeles Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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