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Elsie the Borden Cow, star of the 1940 film "Little Men," Los Angeles, 1940

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Title: Elsie the Borden Cow, star of the 1940 film "Little Men," Los Angeles, 1940
Date Created and/or Issued: 1940
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.
Elsie the Borden Cow, the unofficial mascott for Borden dairy products, with her handlers. After appearing at the New York World's Fair, Elsie was chosen by R.K.O. producer Gene Towne to star in the 1940 film "Little Men," based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott. Elsie arrived in Los Angeles on July 12, 1940
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Larson, Donna; with Cow "Elise"
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Cow Elsie (R.K.O.)
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1387_23874-01
ark:/21198/zz00280829
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Animals
Actresses--American--California
Entertainment
Cows--California
RKO Pictures
Elsie (Cow)
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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