Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. This photograph appears with the article, "Author Will Award Trophy: Dogs to Go on Exhibit," Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 1935: C12. Writer W. R. Burnett, his first wife, Marjorie, and War Cry, the greyhound. Burnett was donating the trophy for best dog in the show to the Glendale Kennel Club dog show. There is another dog visible behind a fence in the background. War Cry wears a collar that reads, in part, "WAR." Text from negative sleeve: 3064- Mr + Mrs W. R. Burnett + dog, War Cry. Glendale dog show. 11-30-35. [Stamped:] Dec 11 1935 Text from newspaper caption: W. R. Burnett, who will award the first-prize trophy at the Glendale Kennel Club dog show today. With him is Mrs. Burnett and War Cry, famous greyhound racer, who was the writer's inspiration for the dog story, "Dark Hazard."
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Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_10853 ark:/21198/zz002h9zp6
Subject
Dogs--California--Glendale Authors--American--California--Glendale Burnett, W. R. (William Riley), 1899-1982 Burnett, Marjorie Louise Barstow
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