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Title: And here comes Silky Sullivan!
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.
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Description: Photograph caption dated April 8, 1958 reads, "Most amazing horse to hit the horizon in years, Silky Sullivan is shown with jockey Bill Shoemaker at the helm in a recent workout. The glamorous California-bred 3-year-old is big news and a leading prospect for the Kentucky Derby."
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Identifier: 00162841
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_d066_f3_i30
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/133607
Subject: Shoemaker, Bill,--1931-2003
Racetracks (Horse racing)
Jockeys--United States
Race horses
Horse racing
Horses
Men
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Time Period: 1951-1960

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