Alfred Hitchcock and Sir Edward Hallstrom inspect albino kangaroo
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Young, Steve
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
Title supplied by cataloger. Photograph caption dated July 8, 1964 reads, "Rare Specimen -- Producer Alfred Hitchcock, right, and kangaroo breeder Sir Edward Hallstrom look on as one of two rare albino kangaroos takes it place in the Los Angeles zoo. Hitchcock assisted in negotiations for trade of a saber-toothed tiger skeleton for the kangaroos from Hallstrom's Australian ranch."
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Hitchcock, Alfred,--1899-1980 Hallstrom, Edward J. L.,--1886-1970 Kangaroos Albinos and albinism--California--Los Angeles Zoo animals$California--Los Angeles Zoos--California--Los Angeles Griffith Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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