Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. This photograph appears with the article, "Bear Sleepy, Not Drunk: Trainer Takes Animal Into Beer Parlor for Drink of Sugar Water," Los Angeles Times, 30 Jun. 1935: 24. Photograph of Muni the Bear, standing on his hind legs, drinking sugar water from a glass bottle. The bear has both a leather strap and linked chain around his neck. A ring pierces the bear's nasal septum. He is standing near a parked car, adjacent to a building (possibly a business). A sign propped against a fence reads: "Sunset Gasoline. Oil Western 5 Gal $1.50." Text from negative sleeve: 1036. Box 1. Muni, a bear. 6-29-35. [Stamped:] Jul 10 1935. Text from newspaper caption: Likes Bottle. Muni, the Bear, likes his bottle, which always contains sugar water. Handwritten on negative: Muni a bear 6-29-35
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