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Title: Numa, Gay's Lion Farm
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: 1929
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
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Description: Numa, lion screen performer from Gay's Lion Farm who was featured in Charlie Chaplin's "Circus", poses on a log. A veteran of more then 200 films, he died in 1930 at the age of 18. He was stuffed and mounted in the front room of the lion farm office. Postcard dated: Jun. 3, 1929.
Type: image
Format: 1 postcard :b&w
Postcards
Identifier: 00059464
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 1980.
CARL0000063234
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/22756
Subject: Gay's Lion Farm (El Monte, Calif.)
Lions
Zoos--California--El Monte
El Monte (Calif.)
Postcards
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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