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Mercedes Hill holding Japanese spaniels at the county fair dog show, Pomona, 1935

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Title: Mercedes Hill holding Japanese spaniels at the county fair dog show, Pomona, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: September 26, 1935
1935-09-26
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
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
The Fair's turnout reached record numbers. It is expected that over 400 dogs representing more than 40 breeds will be in the dog show.
Mercedes stands in front of a field of grass wearing a white coat. She holds a spaniel in each arm.
Photograph appears with the article, "Housing Day Held at Fair," Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep 1935: 10.
Text from negative sleeve: 2407 - Mercedes Hill with Japanese spaniels - county fair dog show. 9-27-35
Text from newspaper caption: Miss Mercedes Hill, beauty contest winner, shown with Japanese spaniels which will be exhibited at the Los Angeles County Fair Dog Show Saturday and Sunday. The blue-blooded dogs were bred from pets of ancient Japanese ancestry.
Handwritten on negative: Mercedes Hill with Japanese spaniels
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_8846
ark:/21198/zz002dgsww
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Dog shows--California--Pomona
Dogs--California--Pomona
Beauty contestants--California--Pomona
Los Angeles County Fair (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Hill, Mercedes
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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