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Title
Armadillo
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1947
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
Photograph caption dated November 17, 1947 reads, "Griffith Park Zoo now has for the first time an armadillo, the odd-looking little creature being held in this photo by zoo keeper Charles Allen. It was the gift of Jeralyn, age 6, daughter of motion picture producer Jerry Fairbanks." Los Angeles Zoo is oftentimes referred to as the Griffith Park Zoo.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00117147
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d019_f18_i23
CARL0005340785
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/50688
Subject
Fairbanks, Jerry--Family
Los Angeles Zoo (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Zoo (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Employees
Men--California--Los Angeles
Girls--California--Los Angeles
Zoo visitors--California--Los Angeles
Zoo keepers--California--Los Angeles
Zoos--California--Los Angeles
Zoo animals--California--Los Angeles
Armadillos--California--Los Angeles
Animal cages--California--Los Angeles
Captive wild animals--California--Los Angeles
Parks--California--Los Angeles
Griffith Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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