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Title
Leapin' lizards!
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator
Mendoza, Javier
Date Created and/or Issued
1989
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 caption reads: "The 3-foot caiman that was lassoed in Compton". "Animal control officials at the Carson animal shelter were called out to pick up a two and one-half foot long South American Caiman from a residential neighborhood near the Compton city boundary". Photograph dated: Aug. 15, 1989.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;28 x 36 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00084338
Herald Examiner Collection
HH_b024_f1_i2
CARL0002883831
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/27975
Subject
Animal shelters--California--Carson
Caiman (Genus)--California--Compton
Wild animals as pets--California--Compton
Compton (Calif.)
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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