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Title
Lion walking over the backs of three other lions as a trainer watches, at Gay's Lion Farm, ca.1936
Date Created and/or Issued
1936
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of a lion walking over the backs of three other lions as a trainer watches, at Gay's Lion Farm, ca.1936. A lion swings its tail in the air as it walks on the backs of three other lions, which face the left, standing between several platforms. At right, the lion trainer stands, holding a whip and a stick in his hands. The scene takes place within the confines of a large cage.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
13 x 10 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m23497 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-47934
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m23497
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-47934.jpg
Subject
Lions
Los Angeles County--El Monte--Gay's Lion Farm
Parks
Time Period
1936
Place
California
El Monte
Los Angeles
USA
Source
47934 [Accession number]
CHS-47934 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
chs-m825

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