Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a uniformed man "tickling" an alligator at an alligator farm (possibly the California Alligator Farm, Los Angeles), ca.1900. The man, to the left in a vest and bellhop's hat which reads "Alligator Farm", is stooping down and extending his arm to "tickle" a roughly seven-foot long alligator under the "chin". They are surrounded by a tall picket fence in the background from which sparse vines are hanging.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w 21 x 26 cm. 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 8 x 10 in. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
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