Sunday, July 17, 2011

For Jim Alexander


Any idea who this is or what zoo this was taken at?

1 comment:

Jim A. said...

Nothing for sure. Never heard of S.C.Charles but there were a lot of sea lion trainers in the early days. Lots of shows had sea lion acts before good portable heaters for primates.

I took a quick look in "It Began With A Roar", the San Diego Zoo history book. No mention of Charles but it say that San Diego had a sea lion trainer on staff since 1928. San Diego wasn't very much of a zoo in those early days but did have access to a lot of sea lions. Maybe?