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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated December 21, 1955 reads, "Aaron Krieger, senior animal keeper at Griffith Park Zoo, exhibits huge water buffalo, gift of Cecil B. de Mille [sic] to thousands of Los Angeles youngsters. It is three-year-old female which starred in 'Ten Commandments' film produced by de Mille [sic]."
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