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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a caged tiger at the Los Angeles Zoo, ca.1920. The big cat is lying down, with its front paws sticking out from under the iron bars of the cage. Its eyes are closed, perhaps in reaction to the flash, which is reflected at the right side of the picture. There is a gate in the middle of the cage with a lever mechanism to open it and a heavy padlock to keep it shut. The horizontal shadows of the gate create an crosshatched pattern across the vertical stripes of the tiger's coat.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm., 17 x 22 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
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