Here is a typical confab about cattle between prospective buyer E. J. Schwindt (left) and salesman Stanley Martin at the L.A. Union Stockyards on April 11, 1953. Sometimes it takes a few minutes of haggling before a terse agreement is made. The buyer makes out the check and that's that. No one has ever reneged on a deal in 22 years of business! A sign reads, Harold Commission Co.
Union Stockyards (Vernon, Calif.) Livestock--California--Vernon Stockyards--California--Vernon Men--California--Vernon Sales--California--Vernon Vernon (Calif.) Los Angeles Evening Herald Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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