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Title
Multiple alligators in water at Los Angeles alligator farm, ca.1900
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900
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 multiple alligators in water at Los Angeles alligator farm, ca.1900. From bottom to top multiple alligators are visible swimming or lying in a body of water. Only the tops of the alligators are visible, while some have their mouths open. At the bottom right, a few alligators appear to be fighting or jumping out of the water. Dirt is visible on the shore in the background along with a wooden fence.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m9548
USC-0-1-1-9686 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-45801
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m9548
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-45801.jpg
Subject
Agriculture--Ranching--Livestock--Alligators
Alligators
Agricultural sites
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
45801 [Accession number]
84-1-502 [Microfiche number]
CHS-45801 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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