California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Multiple alligators in water at Los Angeles alligator farm, ca.1900

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Multiple alligators in water at Los Angeles alligator farm, ca.1900

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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.

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Title Multiple alligators in water at Los Angeles alligator farm, ca.1900

Subject agricultural sites (adlf), Agriculture -- Ranching -- Livestock -- Alligators (file heading), Alligators (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1900

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

Date Created 1900

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m9548

Identifier 45801 (accession number), CHS-45801 (call number), CHS-45801 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-9801 (legacy record id), chs-m9548 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-9686 (legacy record id), 84-1-502 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 9801

Unique identifier UC139538

Legacy Identifier CHS-45801.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 21.4 in × 16.6 in at 300dpi
54.4 cm × 42.3 cm at 300dpi

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Title California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Description The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.

We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others.

Date Created 1860/1960

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