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Title
Veneranta Somerville with a first place rooster at the LA County Fair, Pomona, 1934
Date Created and/or Issued
September 16, 1934
1934-09-16
Publication Information
Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information
US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Photograph of Veneranta Somerville at the LA County Fair petting a first place winning rooster. In the background there are cages with other chickens and roosters.
This photograph appears with the article, “Brilliant Displays Carry Out ‘Silver Top’ Theme in Tri-County Fair at Pomona,” Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 1934: 16.
Handwritten on negative: Veneranta Somerville.
Text from newspaper caption: Veneranta Somerville of Huntington Park admires first prize Barred Rock rooster, entered by Arnold E. Dibley of Van Nuys.
Text from negative sleeve: Los Angeles County Fair, 1934.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_5624
ark:/21198/zz002cvpjs
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Fairs--California--Pomona
Roosters
Los Angeles County Fair (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Somerville, Veneranta, 1922-1956
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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