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Lion attack at Gay's Lion Farm

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Order Number	00059466
Title	Lion attack at Gay's Lion Farm
Photographer	Bentley, Frank.
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 1980.
Date	1928
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w
Description	The verso of the photo states: This picture taken on the exact scene of the lion's attack on the trainer, shows how the near-tragedy occurred. Answering the first alarm that the lions were loose, Rounan, manager of the farm, ran from the office with gun in hand. As he looked toward the left after "Shorttail" "Nigger" stealthily came from behind the row of canes at right, snarled and pounced on him. Another trainer reenacts Rounan's role. Photo dated: Sep. 26, 1928.
Subject	Gay's Lion Farm (El Monte, Calif.). Lions. Zoos--California--El Monte. Lion attacks. El Monte (Calif.). Herald-Examiner 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	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection