Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 USC Libraries Special Collections University of Southern California specol@usc.edu
Description
3 images. Buffet supper at Griffith Park Zoo, 11 July 1956. Steven Poggi -- 12 years Nathan G. Friedberg Jack Dole Cindy and Nippy (trained seals). Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Rustan. Date: 1956-07-11. Reporter: Sid Bernstein. Assignment: Annual buffet supper of Zoological Society of Los Angeles at Griffith Park Zoo. 44/43: Steven Poggi, 12, a member of the Jr. Zoological Society, receives a kiss from Cindy, a trained seal (sea lion) watching is Nathan G. Friedberg, president of the Zoological Society. Other seal is Neppy. 9: Friedberg gets a kiss from both seals. 10: Steven Poggi kissed by seals, Friedberg looks on. 45: Cindy takes a shower watched left to right: Friedberg, Poggi and Jack Dole, seal trainer. 46: Cindy kisses Steven Poggi Friedberg watches. Background is Jack Dole".
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : negatives, b&w 10 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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