Asian_elephant_at_the_Los_Angeles_Zoo,_ca.1920_(CHS-9746).jpg

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English: Note: Despite the title, this is actually a photo of the Selig Zoo , operated on the grounds of the silent film studio.

Description	English: Asian elephant at the Los Angeles Zoo, ca.1920 Photograph of an Asian elephant at the Los Angeles Zoo, ca.1920. The elephant is at center and is walking to the right from under a shelter with a conical straw roof. In the background is a large adobe building with an arched doorway which is flanked by identical arched windows covered by metal vents. There is a low metal fence surrounding the elephant compound visible in the foreground. Call number : CHS-9746 Filename : CHS-9746 Coverage date : circa 1920 Part of collection : California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 Format : glass plate negatives Type : images Geographic subject (city or populated place) : Los Angeles Repository name : USC Libraries Special Collections Accession number : 9746 Microfiche number : 1-74-39 Archival file : chs_Volume84/CHS-9746.tiff Part of subcollection : Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 Repository address : Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Geographic subject (country) : USA Format (aacr2) : 1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. Rights : Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Subject (adlf) : parks Project : USC Repository email : [email protected] Contributing entity : California Historical Society Date created : circa 1920 Publisher (of the digital version) : University of Southern California. Libraries Format (aat) : photographs Geographic subject (state) : California Subject (file heading) : Animals -- Elephants Legacy record ID : chs-m14018; USC-1-1-1-14175 Access conditions : Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343. Geographic subject (county) : Los Angeles Subject (lcsh) : Elephants
Date	circa 1920 date QS:P,+1920-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 (date created)
Source	http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll65/id/13582
Author	Unknown author Unknown author

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