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Photograph was edited for publication purposes The Clarence W. Pierce School of Agriculture is a two-year community college in Woodland Hills, California. It opened in September 1947, with 70 students and 18 faculty members and is part of the Los Angeles Community College District. The school's initial focus was crop cultivation and animal husbandry, and still retains a large swatch of open fields for hands-on working farm training. In 1956 the school was renamed Los Angeles Pierce College. Photograph caption dated May 4, 1955 reads, "Erwin Neal, who won above saddle at recent Idaho rodeo, Sue Schnaidt, Pierce College rodeo queen, and Vera Vague, honorary mayor of Woodland Hills, view trophy to be awarded at Pierce's annual intercollegiate rodeo Saturday and Sunday at Pierce Arena, Canoga Park." Comedy actress, Barbara Jo Allen was sometimes credited as 'Vera Vague.'
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Allen, Barbara Jo,--1906-1974 Los Angeles Pierce College Los Angeles Pierce College--Students Officials and employees, Honorary--California--Woodland Hills (Los Angeles) Community colleges--California--Woodland Hills (Los Angeles) Community college students--California--Los Angeles Rodeo performers--California--Los Angeles Western saddles--California--Los Angeles Rodeos--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Actresses--United States Woodland Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs Portrait photographs Group portraits
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