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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated March 10, 1954 reads "A station wagon halts where posses once pursued bandits into the badlands-like hideaways of Vasquez Rocks, north of the Valley adjacent to Highway 6. The motion picture industry frequently uses the picturesque area to re-create Wild West days like those when Vasquez the bandit gave the rocks their name--and notoriety--by fleeing there with the loot from holdups and stagecoach robberies."; See images #00122149 through #00122156 for all photos in this series.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Women--California--Agua Dulce Automobiles--California--Agua Dulce Rocks--California--Agua Dulce Agua Dulce (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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