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Los Angeles County's prize-winning Belgian draft horses are sold at auction. April 18, 1934

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Title: Los Angeles County's prize-winning Belgian draft horses are sold at auction. April 18, 1934
Date Created and/or Issued: April 18, 1934
1934-04-20
Publication Information: Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
One 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)
Text from original nitrate sleeve: County Draft Horses
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: ark:/21198/zz0025456g
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Horses--California--Los Angeles
Auctions--California--Los Angeles
Business
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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