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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph article dated August 24, 1950 partially reads, "Rolling and falling with horses has made a substantial living for Joe Flores, 60-year-old movie stuntman and now top horseshoer at the Circle M Ranch in Sylmar. Born at Leon Springs, Texas, Flores boasts of Spanish, American and Indian ancestry. Stockily built and still handy with his fists and ropes, he cares for 40 horses at the Foothill ranch where a summer camp is maintained for teenagers." Photograph caption reads, "Admirer gets lesson - Five-year-old John Riggs, guest at summer camp gets lesson in shoeing horse from Joe Flores, veteran stuntman."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;18 x 10 cm. Photographic prints
Circle M Ranch School (Sylmar, Los Angeles, Calif.) Stunt performers--California--Los Angeles Horses--Grooming--California--Los Angeles Horseshoes--California--Los Angeles Horses--California--Los Angeles Ranches--California--Los Angeles Cowboys--California--Los Angeles Boys--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Sylmar (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs Portrait photographs Group portraits
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