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Order Number	00019669
Title	Selig Zoo aerial, view 2
Collection ID	Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession	L.A.-Zoos-Selig Zoo; G-002-265 4x5
Date	1924
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w
Historical Data	Opened to the public on June 20, 1915, the Selig Zoo, located at 3800 N. Mission Road, also served as a film production studio for the Selig Polyscope Company, and briefly the Louis B. Mayer Pictures Corporation. Dramatic entrance gates featuring statues of elephants and lions were designed by Italian sculptor Carlo Romanelli, with interior structures by Arthur Burnett Benton. Selig Polyscope became insolvent in 1918, and over the years the zoo changed names and ownership. It was known as the Selig Zoo (1915-1925), Luna Park Zoo (1925-1931), L.A. Wild Animal Farms (1931-1932), the California Zoological Gardens (1932-1936), and Zoopark (1936-1940). The zoo officially closed in 1940 and many of the animals were relocated to the Los Angeles Zoo in Griffith Park. The Mission Road grounds would subsequently serve as the Lincoln Speedway and the Lincoln Amusement Park, before being redeveloped in the 1950s. The entrance gates would remain standing into the 1960s, before being dismantled and moved to an Inland Empire junkyard. The statues were rediscovered in 2000 and donated to the Los Angeles Zoo, where some of them are now on display.
Description	Aerial view of the Selig Zoo, showing advertising on the wall which runs along N. Mission Road (running from center left to lower right). The zoo's entrance is present on the lower right, where N. Mission Road meets Selig Place (not visible). This was originally opened as a private zoo in 1885 in downtown Los Angeles.
Subject	Selig Zoo (Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles, Calif.). Zoos--California--Lincoln Heights (Los Angeles). Lost architecture--California--Lincoln Heights (Los Angeles). Aerial photographs Lincoln Heights (Los Angeles, Calif.). Lincoln Heights (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Aerial views.
Coverage	1921; 1922; 1923; 1924; 1925; 1926; 1927; 1928; 1929; 1930
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection