Genevieve will raise family despite theft of her eggs
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Valley Times Photo Collection
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This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Photograph was edited for publication purposes Pop's Willow Lake was a resort along Big Tujunga Wash upstream from today's Hansen Dam, which featured a dance hall and cafe. James A. (Pop) Gautier opened the resort in 1931, but suffered major damage in the 1938 floods. It was rebuilt in the early 1940s, and Marilyn Monroe (Norma Jean Baker) went on dates there with her first husband while still attending Van Nuys High school. Photograph caption dated June 15, 1948 reads, "Loses four eggs, gets only two foster-goslings but she's happy because geese can't count." Genevieve is a goose that lives at Pop's Willow Lake located in Los Angeles County.; See images #00116737 through #00116737 for all photos in this series.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Geese--California--Los Angeles County Geese--Breeding--California--Los Angeles County Geese--Behavior--California--Los Angeles County Goslings--California--Los Angeles County Ponds--California--Los Angeles County Fences--California--Los Angeles County Plants--California--Los Angeles County Pop's Willow Lake (Los Angeles County, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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