California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Lion walking over the backs of three other lions as a trainer watches, at Gay's Lion Farm, ca.1936

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Lion walking over the backs of three other lions as a trainer watches, at Gay's Lion Farm, ca.1936

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Photograph of a lion walking over the backs of three other lions as a trainer watches, at Gay's Lion Farm, ca.1936. A lion swings its tail in the air as it walks on the backs of three other lions, which face the left, standing between several platforms. At right, the lion trainer stands, holding a whip and a stick in his hands. The scene takes place within the confines of a large cage.

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Title Lion walking over the backs of three other lions as a trainer watches, at Gay's Lion Farm, ca.1936

Subject Lions (lcsh), Los Angeles County -- El Monte -- Gay's Lion Farm (file heading), Parks (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1936

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1936

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-m23497

Identifier 47934 (accession number), CHS-47934 (call number), CHS-47934 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-21738 (legacy record id), chs-m23497 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 21738

Unique identifier UC127042

Legacy Identifier CHS-47934.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 29.6 in × 22.5 in at 300dpi
75.3 cm × 57.3 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Description The more than 3,600 unique photographs of this collection document the Chamber's promotional efforts during the city's early years. In addition to stock photographs, there are pictures of the elaborate booths and displays that the Chamber prepared for use at state fairs and international trade shows. The photographic collection contains images showing the growth of important municipal enterprises, such as ground transportation systems, aviation, and shipping. In addition there are about 1,000 lantern slides in this collection -- not yet fully digitized.

Date Created 1860/1960

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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

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