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Title
Irvin B. Fisher feeding Dixie the bear
Creator
Unknown
Contributing Institution
History San Jose Research Library
Collection
History San Jose Online Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
Dixie, on hind legs, eating from Fisher's hand. From a page of seven prints of Fisher and Dixie, a bear trained by Fisher at Holy City. "Dixie, prize bear of Holy City, trained by Irvin B. Fisher. Many tourists made photos of Fisher with his entire head inside Dixie's wet mouth to prove the real trust between the Human Kingdom and the Animal Kingdom, Holy City prime key to understanding it's [sic] main philosophy of evolution."
Type
image
Format
Black & White
Identifier
7BF4C81B-2EDC-4300-93BF-365377950717
2021-35-21-7
Subject
Cults
Holy City (Calif.) (LCSH)
Nineteen twenties (LCSH)
Bears
Zoos
Trained animals
Curiosities & wonders
Fisher, Irvin Bryant

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