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Photograph caption dated December 9, 1959 reads, "Sita, 700-pound Indian baby elephant, gift to Art Linkletter and Los Angeles children, arrives at Burbank and is greeted by Linkletter, right, and Mayor Norris Poulson. Small girl, left, is Indian child, one of party accompanying elephant to U.S. Animal arrived via Flying Tigers lines and wil [sic] be first gift to zoo."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Linkletter, Art,--1912-2010 Poulson, Norris,--1895-1982 Zoo animals--California--Los Angeles Elephants--California--Los Angeles Mayors--California--Los Angeles Gifts--California--Los Angeles Girls--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Television personalities--United States Radio personalities--United States Portrait photographs Group portraits Valley Times Collection photographs
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