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Title
Tops : Bill Jacobs and his trained horse at Bennett Valley Ranch
Date Created and/or Issued
1947
Contributing Institution
Sonoma County Library
Collection
Sonoma County Stories -- Voices From Where We Live
Rights Information
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Description
Features Tops the Trick Horse, a trained horse that performed for several years at the Sonoma County Fair's during Farmers' Day. Tops' owner and trainer, Bill Jacobs is featured in the film as well as Ruth Jamison Jacob, wife of Bill Jacobs.
Type
moving image
Format
documentary film
streaming video
Identifier
889540a7-d975-4637-9790-5761f9921f39
https://digital.sonomalibrary.org/documents/detail/250316
https://images.quartexcollections.com/sonomalibrary/thumbnails/preview/889540a7-d975-4637-9790-5761f9921f39
cstr_vid_000013
Language
English
Subject
Sports and Recreation
Jacobs, Ruth, 1913-2002
Jacobs, William I., 1914-1991
Sonoma County Fair (Santa Rosa, Calif.)
1947
Trick riding
Horses--Training
Horses
Tops (Horse)
United States
California
Sonoma
Bennett Valley
Jacobs Ranch (Sonoma County, Calif.)
Relation
Sonoma County Fair and Exposition Media Archives, 1936-2011

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