Writer W. R. Burnett, his first wife, Marjorie, and War Cry, the greyhound, Glendale, 1935

Title: Writer W. R. Burnett, his first wife, Marjorie, and War Cry, the greyhound, Glendale, 1935
Date Created: September 14, 1935
Date: 1935-09-14
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: This photograph appears with the article, "Author Will Award Trophy: Dogs to Go on Exhibit," Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 1935: C12.
Writer W. R. Burnett, his first wife, Marjorie, and War Cry, the greyhound. Burnett was donating the trophy for best dog in the show to the Glendale Kennel Club dog show. There is another dog visible behind a fence in the background. War Cry wears a collar that reads, in part, "WAR."
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 3064- Mr + Mrs W. R. Burnett + dog, War Cry. Glendale dog show. 11-30-35. [Stamped:] Dec 11 1935
Text from newspaper caption: W. R. Burnett, who will award the first-prize trophy at the Glendale Kennel Club dog show today. With him is Mrs. Burnett and War Cry, famous greyhound racer, who was the writer's inspiration for the dog story, "Dark Hazard."

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Burnett, Marjorie Louise Barstow
Burnett, W. R. (William Riley), 1899-1982
Location: Glendale (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Authors--American--California--Glendale
Dogs--California--Glendale

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_10853
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002h9zp6
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