- Title
- Scene in the California Alligator Farm, Los Angeles, California
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- Description
- A uniformed handler holds the lower jaw of a large alligator. The alligator's mouth is open and the animal's sharp teeth are visible. A pond bordered by flowers and bushes is on the left side of the image. Spectators dressed in early 20th century style clothing watch the handler and alligator from behind a wooden railing. Behind the spectators a high wooden fence is visible. A ramada appears on the left side of the image. The hills of Lincoln Heights are visible in the background.
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- Format Extent
- 1 postcard : Color ; 9 x 14 cm.
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- Subject
- Alligator farming--California--Los Angeles; Alligators; Tourists;
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- Note
- 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.
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- Collection
- Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection
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- Type
- ["Postcards"]
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- Geographic Location
- Lincoln Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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- Language
- eng
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Scene in the California Alligator Farm, Los Angeles, California
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