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Title: L.A. Pet Cemetery
Alternative Title: Works Progress Administration Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: Circa 1935
Publication Information: Federal Writers' Project
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Title supplied by cataloger.
The Los Angeles Pet Cemetery (later renamed Los Angeles Pet Memorial Park), located in the city of Calabasas, was founded and dedicated on September 4, 1928 and is one of the oldest pet cemeteries on the West Coast. The cemetery is comprised of ten landscaped acres which provide a serene and peaceful resting place for over 40,000 animal companions. The park is located at 5068 N. Old Scandia Lane and is open for visitation every day of the year.
Grave markers in the L.A. Pet Cemetery located in Calabasas. The marker in the foreground identifies Kabar, actor Rudolph Valentino's faithful dog.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00066183
Works Progress Administration Collection
WPA 4057-B 4x5
CARL0000070054
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/2892
Subject: Valentino, Rudolph,--1895-1926
Los Angeles Pet Memorial Park (Calabasas, Calif.)
Pet cemeteries--California--Calabasas
Animals--California--Calabasas
Pets--California--Calabasas
Dogs--California--Calabasas
Trees--California--Calabasas
Calabasas (Calif.)
Works Progress Administration Collection photographs

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