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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. by [Ben Cosgrove](https://time.com/author/ben-cosgrove/) ## Ben Cosgrove Apr 8, 2014 4:26 PM UTC  Angora goats, Texas, 1942. Angora goats, Texas, 1942. Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images by [Ben Cosgrove](https://time.com/author/ben-cosgrove/) ## Ben Cosgrove Apr 8, 2014 4:26 PM UTC There’s something quietly audacious about sending one of the world’s finest photographers — in the midst of a world war — to document the lives of goats. But that’s just what LIFE magazine did in the summer of 1942, when [Alfred Eisenstaedt](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred%5FEisenstaedt) shipped out to south central Texas to visit “Goat King” Adolph Stieler and his 600 Angoras. As LIFE told its readers in an August 1942 issue, Angora goats “look like aristocrats, and they should, for Angoras are the blue-blooded elite of the goat world.” --- > “” --- So. Take a gander at Eisenstaedt’s photographs, and decide for yourself if goats really are all they’re cracked up to be. Also, please do take the time to read the captions that accompany the pictures; it’s not every day, after all, that one comes across an observation as insightful and weirdly moving as, “Shorn goats crowd together for warmth and mutual sympathy. They are not pretty now and they know it.” Even blue-blooded elites, it seems, have feelings. Who knew? _Liz Ronk, who edited this gallery, is the Photo Editor for LIFE.com. Follow her on Twitter_ [_@lizabethronk_](https://twitter.com/LizabethRonk)_._  Caption from LIFE. "The handsome little animals in this photograph are well-bred Angora goats, not yet a year old." Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. "Goats eat cigarette butts and owners encourage them, because tobacco kills intestinal parasites." Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. "A flock of 600 Angoras heads for home pastures at ranch of 'Goat King' Adolph Stieler near Comfort, Texas." Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Angora goats, Texas, 1942. Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. "Shearing crew gets busy on four of Stieler's Angoras." Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. "An unhappy Angora kid is pushed into the dip after he has been sheared. Dip is a brownish, evil-smelling chemical mixture which safeguards the shorn animals against ticks. All goats hate it." Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. "Shorn goats crowd together for warmth and mutual sympathy. They are not pretty now and they know it. Angora goats make noise by snorting or blowing through noses but rarely bleat." Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. "Goats love to browse standing up. The leaves they can't reach look greenest." Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. "General MacArthur was prize fleece buck at recent goat show and sale at Rocksprings, Texas. He sold at auction for $530\. Note hair on face and belly, sign of good Angora." Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Angora goat auction and sale, Texas, 1942. Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Angora goat auction and sale, Texas, 1942. Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Angora goat auction and sale, Texas, 1942. Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Man examines goods in mohair warehouse, Texas, 1942. Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Mohair warehouse, Texas, 1942. Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. "Mohair warehouse at Kerryville, Texas, belongs to goat-raising Schreiner family, who also owns hotels, banks, stores. Scott Schreiner (left) is shown here with local mohair buyer." Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  Caption from LIFE. "Mohair products include curtains, mittens, toy dogs, rugs, blankets. Before the war much mohair was used in auto upholstery. Huge stocks of it are available now to replace restricted wool." 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