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Title
Chief of the monkey business
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Brich, George
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1961
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Jungleland was a zoo and amusement park, well known for providing wild animals for Hollywood movies and television. It was originally founded as Goebel's Lion Farm in Thousand Oaks in 1926, the name changed to World Jungle Compound in 1929 and to Jungleland in 1955. It closed in 1969.
Photograph caption dated November 24, 1961 reads "He's part of the Jungleland cast." Pictured is a chimpanzee at Jungleland in Thousand Oaks, California. The chimp is dressed in a Native American costume with a headdress.; See images #00127472 through #00127475 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00127474
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d030_f25_i29
CARL0005447343
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/59234
Subject
Jungleland (Thousand Oaks, Ventura County, Calif.)
Chimpanzees--California--Thousand Oaks (Ventura County)
Trained animals--California--Thousand Oaks (Ventura County)
Captive wild animals--California--Thousand Oaks (Ventura County)
Headdresses--California--Thousand Oaks (Ventura County)
Costumes
Amusement parks--California--Thousand Oaks (Ventura County)
Zoos--California--Thousand Oaks (Ventura County)
Thousand Oaks (Ventura County, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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