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Berrien von Grunigen and Olga Celeste, with one of Olga's trained leopards, Eckie, Los Angeles, 1936

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Title: Berrien von Grunigen and Olga Celeste, with one of Olga's trained leopards, Eckie, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa May 5, 1936]
1936-05-05
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
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Berrien von Grunigen, Secretary of the Artists and Models Club, and Olga Celeste, noted animal trainer, specializing in big cats, lean against a table next to Eckie the leopard, one of Olga's trained cats. Olga holds a sheet of paper in her right hand, as if showing it to Eckie. Eckie wears a harness.
Possibly related to "Stars That No Director Dares Defy!" Los Angeles Times, 07 Jun 1936: I4.
Text on negative sleeve: 5111. Berrien von Grunigen, secy of artists and models club. Olga Celeste, noted animal trainer. "Eckie" leopard. [stamped:] May 5 1936.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_14216
ark:/21198/zz002j7rrv
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Actresses--American--California--Los Angeles
Animal trainers--California--Los Angeles
Leopards--United States
Celeste, Olga, 1888-1969
Grunigen, Ethel Berrien von, 1908-1995
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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