Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 USC Libraries Special Collections University of Southern California specol@usc.edu
Description
2 images. Lion, 4 July 1958. Norman Payne (owner of lion) Lion "Taffy". Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Swaim. Date: 1958-07-04. Reporter: Swaim. Assignment: Playful lion. 17/18/19/20/25/26: Norman Payne, 28, feeding ground horse meat to, and wrestling playfully with, Taffy, 2 year old, 340 pound male African lion which is Payne's home pet, and which county planning board says he will have to get rid of". Note: "One neg. will be blank. I don't know which number".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : negatives, b&w 10 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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