Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Five of the twenty-six Belgian draft horses being auctioned off by Los Angeles County at Los Angeles's Union Stock Yards. L.A. County's Board of Supervisors had assessed that the draft horses, though they had won many prizes and obtained national recognition, were too expensive to continue to care for. The twenty-six horses netted $11,367.50 at auction. Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: LA County Horses = Minnie - Florine (?) - Royal Fern - (illegible) Pansy - Royal Leona. Text from original nitrate negative: County draft horses.
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image
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b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
ark:/21198/zz0025453x
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Horses--California--Los Angeles Events Lifestyle Auctions--California--Los Angeles
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