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Al G. Barnes feeding reindeer at temporary circus animal quarters, El Monte, 1927

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Title: Al G. Barnes feeding reindeer at temporary circus animal quarters, El Monte, 1927
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa November-December 1927]
1927-11/1927-12
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Two train cars sit outside of a fenced paddock. Inside the paddock approximately 20 reindeer stand grazing, drinking out of a trough, or pestering Al G. Barnes, who stands center-right in a suit, tie, and hat, holding a bucket of feed. Reported in "Jungletown to Move Quarters: Animal Denizens of Circus Start Trek Into New Home on El Monte Boulevard with Reindeer Leading Parade; Approximately 240 Houses to be Erected," Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 1927: E5.
Text from negative sleeve: Barnes, A1 G. & Mrs. Circus man.
Text from typescript note in negative sleeve: Al. G. Barnes and rain deer.
Type: image
Format: b&w glass negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3692_G299
ark:/21198/z15b5v8q
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Reindeer
Circus animals--California--Los Angeles
Barnes, Alpheus George, 1862-1931
Al G. Barnes Wild Animal Circus
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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