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Ernest Osborne and his dog King on the witness stand, Los Angeles, 1939

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Title: Ernest Osborne and his dog King on the witness stand, Los Angeles, 1939
Date Created and/or Issued: January 13, 1939
1939-01-13
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.
King was acquitted in court after engineer John Evans claimed he was severely injured by Osborne's dog after being forcibly ejected from his café.
Story related to photograph appears with the article, "Dog Vindicated of Damage Bite," Los Angeles Times, 05 Jan 1939: A1.
Ernest Osborne stands in the witness box holding King with one arm.
Text from negative sleeve: 15307 - Ernest Osborne + Dog - "King"- (160 lb. St. Bernard in Superior Court - damage action w/owner) [stamped:] Jan 13 1939
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_14732
ark:/21198/zz002j8cjw
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Judicial proceedings--California--Los Angeles
Dogs--California--Los Angeles
Actions and defenses--California--Los Angeles
Working dogs--California--Los Angeles
Osborne, Ernest
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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