Elsie the Borden Cow, star of the 1940 film "Little Men," looking over a fence, Los Angeles, 1940

Title: Elsie the Borden Cow, star of the 1940 film "Little Men," looking over a fence, Los Angeles, 1940
Date Created: 1940
Date: 1940
Publisher: Los Angeles Daily News
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description: Elsie the Borden Cow, the unofficial mascott for Borden dairy products, looking over a fence. After appearing at the New York World's Fair, Elsie was chosen by R.K.O. producer Gene Towne to star in the 1940 film "Little Men," based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott. Elsie arrived in Los Angeles on July 12, 1940
Caption: Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Cow Elsie (RKO)
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Larson, Donna; with Cow "Elise"

Genre: news photographs
cellulose nitrate film
Names: Elsie (Cow)
RKO Pictures
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Actresses--American--California
Entertainment
Cows--California
Animals
Fences--California--Los Angeles

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
ARK: ark:/21198/zz0028087w
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Rights Country: US
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