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Tran Quang Dung getting ride across tightrope with Ringling Bros. artist Philippe Petit at Camp Pendleton, Calif., 1975

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Title: Tran Quang Dung getting ride across tightrope with Ringling Bros. artist Philippe Petit at Camp Pendleton, Calif., 1975
Contributor: Downing, Larry
Date Created and/or Issued: July 11, 1975
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) 825-3587
Description: BIG MOMENT FOR A BOY--Tran Quang Dung, 11, gets a ride on back of tightrope artist Philippe Petit 25 feet above the ground during a performance of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus for 4,000 Vietnamese refugees at Camp Pendleton. "I was not afraid," said the young volunteer. "I want to do the same thing when I grow up." It was first circus any refugee had seen.
Type: Image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b746_280300AAA2-1
ark:/21198/zz0002px05
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Refugees, Vietnamese--California, Southern
Refugee camps--California--San Diego County
People
Circus performers--United States
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Refugees
Entertainment
Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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