Subject: Lions--California / Subject: Zoo animals - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: This photograph appears with the article, “’Noah Beery’ Gets First Taste of Meat,” Los Angeles Times, 14 Jul. 1935: C2.
Date:: July 14, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: This photograph may be associated with the article, “’Noah Beery’ Gets First Taste of Meat,” Los Angeles Times, 14 Jul. 1935: C2.
Date:: July 14, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: In 1912 William Selig purchased the site tha is now Lincoln Park in Los Angeles, at Mission Road and Selig Place, as additional film studio acreage for the housing of wild animals used in his films. The studio was insolvent by 1918 and the zoo was auctioned off in 1923. Over time, it had various names, including Luna Park Zoo, the L.A. Wild Aimal Farms, the California Zoological Gardens, and Zoopark.
Date:: July 14, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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