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Title
High steaks at stake
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection;
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
1958
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.
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes.
Photograph caption dated March 11, 1958 reads "Ante went up today on steaks used in gag poker game by Valley butchers Herb Clarke, left, and John English. New York cuts used as stakes jumped from $1.98 to $2.09 per pound."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Identifier
00156044
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_d060_f24_i21
http://cdm16703.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/129336
Subject
Butchers
Poker players
Men
Beef steaks
Playing cards
San Fernando Valley (Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Time Period
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960

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