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Entrance to Zoo Park

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Order Number	00010701
Title	Entrance to Zoo Park
Photographer	Burt, Burton O.
Collection ID	Works Progress Administration Collection
Location/Accession	WPA 2205
Date	1939
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Historical Data	The animal park began as the Selig Zoo, when it was overseen by Willaim Selig, a motion picture pioneer. It later became known as the Luna Park Zoo. In the 1930s it became the California Zoological Gardens, only to close in the same decade due to a flood.
Description	Entrance to Zoo Park, operated by the California Zoological Society, at Mission Road and Selig Place in Lincoln Heights. July 17, 1939.
Publisher	Federal Writers' Project.
Subject	California Zoological Gardens (Los Angeles, Calif.). Zoos--California--Lincoln Heights (Los Angeles). Lost architecture--California--Lincoln Heights (Los Angeles). Parks--California--Lincoln Heights (Los Angeles). Lincoln Heights (Los Angeles, Calif.). Works Progress Administration Collection photographs.
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	Works Progress Administration Photo Collection