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Title
You'd never know Jungleland now
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
1963
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 May 31, 1963 reads "Thirsty visitor puts head inside lion's mouth." The article partially reads "Jungleland, only a tangle of mangy animals, dirt and flies a year ago, today has changed into a clean, imaginative animal compound which rivals the famed San Diego Zoo." Pictured is a young girl going to take a drink at a water fountain in Jungleland.; See images #00127488 through #00127489 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00127489
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d033_f2_i15
CARL0005448352
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/59361
Subject
Jungleland (Thousand Oaks, Ventura County, Calif.)
Girls--California--Thousand Oaks (Ventura County)
Drinking fountains--California--Thousand Oaks (Ventura County)
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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