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Identifier	clloy_042
Title	A Happy Family at the California Alligator Farm, Los Angeles, Cal.
Creator	Unknown
Date Published	circa 1907
Subject (Topic)	Alligator farming--California--Los Angeles; Alligators
Subject (Name)	California Alligator Farm (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Subject (Place)	Lincoln Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Type	image
Form/Genre	Postcards
Physical Description	1 postcard : Color ; 9 x 14 cm.
Institution	Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University
Country of Creation	US
Copyright Status	public domain
Copyright Statement	http://library.lmu.edu/generalinformation/departments/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Publisher	Cardinell-Vincent Co.
Place of Publication	San Francisco, Los Angeles
Language	eng
Description	A young man poses next to an alligator lying in the grass near a pond, with many more alligators lying or swimming along the shore.
Historical Background	The California Alligator Farm, located at 3627 Mission Road adjacent to Lincoln Park, was owned by Francis Earnest and his partner Joe Campbell. Visitors were given a tour of the farm, an opportunity to see trained alligators perform tricks, and, if they were brave, to touch the alligators. In 1941, the farm was advertised as owning 1,000 alligators. The farm operated in Lincoln Park from 1907 to 1953, when the Alligator Farm was moved to Buena Park. After low attendance in the early 1980s, the farm in Buena Park closed.
Publisher's Identifier	Publisher's serial number: F. 96
Source	Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection