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Title
Two sea lions playing basketball at Marineland of the Pacific in Palos Verdes, ca. 1960
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1960
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 two sea lions playing basketball at Marineland of the Pacific in Palos Verdes, ca. 1960. In the extreme foreground, two sea lions can be seen leaping in the air near a basketball hoop. Above the hoop, a basketball can be seen traveling through the air. Behind the sea lions, a small ramp is visible. A pole supporting the American flag can also be seen nearby. In the background, a large crowd of people sitting on benches in a stadium can be seen.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
26 x 21 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m9684
USC-0-1-1-9823 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-40235
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m9684
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-40235.jpg
Subject
Animals--Sea--Sea lions
Exhibitions
Marine biology
Basketball
Sea lions
Crowds
Marineland
Performance sites
Time Period
circa 1960
Place
California
Los Angeles
Palos Verdes
USA
Source
40235 [Accession number]
CHS-40235 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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