Tran Quang Dung getting ride across tightrope with Ringling Bros. artist Philippe Petit at Camp Pendleton, Calif., 1975

Item Overview

Title: Tran Quang Dung getting ride across tightrope with Ringling Bros. artist Philippe Petit at Camp Pendleton, Calif., 1975
Photographer: Downing, Larry
Date Created: July 11, 1975
Date: 1975-07-11
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Caption: BIG MOMENT FOR A BOY--Tran Quang Dung, 11, gets a ride on back of tightrope artist Philippe Petit 25 feet above the ground during a performance of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus for 4,000 Vietnamese refugees at Camp Pendleton. "I was not afraid," said the young volunteer. "I want to do the same thing when I grow up." It was first circus any refugee had seen.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 photograph
Dimensions: 35 mm.
Medium: b&w negative

Keywords

Genre: news photographs
Names: Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows
Location: Camp Pendleton (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Refugees
Refugees, Vietnamese--California, Southern
Entertainment
People
Refugee camps--California--San Diego County
Circus performers--United States

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Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclalat_1429_b746_280300AAA2-1
ARK: ark:/21198/zz0002px05
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