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Title: Simi Valley to hold whiskerino contest
Alternative Title: Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor: 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
Date Created and/or Issued: 1965
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: Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Photograph caption dated July 26, 1965 reads "Lynching. Simi Valley resident Ward Sage is about to be 'strung up' by 'desperadoes' in Simi Valley for the annual Pioneer Days Western celebration." The article partially reads "Simi Valley's gala annual Western celebration will begin Thursday and will continue through Aug. 1, with the honorary mayor for Simi Valley contest scheduled that day. Highlights of the four-day celebration will include a parade and whiskerino contest and talent show."; See images #00132247 through #00132248 for all photos in this series.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00132248
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d038_f2_i2
CARL0005559573
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/62882
Subject: Men--California--Simi Valley
Horses--California--Simi Valley
Costumes
Rope--California--Simi Valley
Historical reenactments--California--Simi Valley
Simi Valley (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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