Kangaroo and deer, Griffith Park Zoo, Los Angeles, 1938

Description: Kangaroo with front paws on head of mule deer, with another deer and 2 sheds behind fence at right, man partially visible at left, with hills in background
This photograph, cropped, appears with the article, "Zoo Animals in Strange Team, Kangaroo and Deer Live in Same Pen and Eat Together," Los Angeles Times, December 4, 1938
Caption: Text from nitrate negative sleeve: 10425 - Jan - 1939, Deer and kangaroo at Griffith Park Zoo, Bob Jakobsen [Stamped:] Feb 1 1939
Text from newspaper caption: No They’re Not Foes--Just Best of Pals. “It’s all in fun,” says Jimmy the Kangaroo as he boxes the ears of Sparky the Deer in Griffith Park Zoo. The two are pals and live together in the same cage there. Times photo

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Los Angeles Zoo (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Mule deer--California--Los Angeles
Culture
Kangaroos--California--Los Angeles
Environment
Animals

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_0239
0239
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002d9gcj
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