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152976441529 muséum of conteporary art la jolla california 15 septembre 29 octobre 1974 In4 broché non paginé nombreuses illustrations
1501151211065California Fruit Growers Exchange 1915-01-01. Staple Bound. Very Good. California Fruit Growers Exchange unknown
151963331Los Angeles CA: The California Alligator Farm “Wood’s†Red Seal Print ca. 1915; 1925. Two pieces. 12mo. 8; 4 pp unpaginated. w/ first printed in aqua-green tinted ink photo illustrations leporello accordion-style format 2nd printed in white & green w/ photo illustrations. Self-printed softcovers on both slight shelfwear still NF. First edition’s of these promotional brochures for the famed Los Angeles Alligator Farm founded by Francis Earnest and “Alligator†Joe Campbell in 1907 where “the city’s most exotic residents†lived in Lincoln Heights. Along with the nearby Cawston Ostrich Farm and the Selig Zoo The Alligator Farm was a mainstay LA tourist attraction later frequently supplying exotic alligators for Hollywood Silent Films and where toddlers could ride on harnessed and muzzled alligator wagons. Kept in sex-segregated pools to cut down on aggressiveness crowds would often line up for the experience to see the alligators. After 1953 when it was moved to Buena Park the Jungle-like Park operated across from Knott’s Berry Farm until 1984 when it was shut down and the alligators relocated to Florida. No copies of 1st brochure located in Worldcat; 1 copy of 2nd UCLA. The California Alligator Farm, “Wood’s†Red Seal Print, paperback