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Title: Old Blackie, last of the city's fire horses
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: 1939
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
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Description: One animal whose closing years are happy because of kindness is, Old Blackie, 36 years old and last of the city's fire horses. Old Blackie is shown with James Brisbane, left, State Humane officer; and Andrew Macrery, of the City Humane Department. Photo taken at Griffith Park, where Old Blackie is pensioned. Photo dated: April 21, 1939.
Type: Image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00039006
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 1656.
CARL0000044017
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/12354
Subject: Los Angeles (Calif.).--Fire Department
Fire departments--California--Los Angeles
Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles
Horses--California--Los Angeles
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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