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Veneranta Somerville with a first place rooster at the LA County Fair, Pomona, 1934

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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
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 negative sleeve: Los Angeles County Fair, 1934.
Text from newspaper caption: Veneranta Somerville of Huntington Park admires first prize Barred Rock rooster, entered by Arnold E. Dibley of Van Nuys.
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_5624
ark:/21198/zz002cvpjs
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Roosters
Fairs--California--Pomona
Los Angeles County Fair (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Somerville, Veneranta, 1922-1956
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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