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On 17 March 1968, in Los Angeles, to protest entrapment and harassment by the Los Angeles Police Department, two drag queens known as "The Princess" and "The Duchess" held a St. Patrick's Day party at Griffith Park, a popular cruising spot and a frequent target of police activity. More than 200 gay men socialized through the day.
The first zoo in Los Angeles was the Eastlake Zoo in East Los Angeles, which opened in 1885. [2]: 37 The Griffith Park Zoo opened in 1912 with a grand total of 15 animals. The new zoo was built on the site of Griffith J. Griffith's defunct ostrich farm.
Every morning with cup of hot tea, Michael McMahan takes in the unpolished wildness of L.A.'s 4,000-acre Griffith Park behind his apartment complex. When he's lucky, he captures images of P-22 ...
Travel Town Museum is a railway museum dedicated on December 14, 1952, and located in the northwest corner of Los Angeles, California's Griffith Park.The history of railroad transportation in the western United States from 1880 to the 1930s is the primary focus of the museum's collection, with an emphasis on railroading in Southern California and the Los Angeles area.
The original owner of the property was industrialist Griffith J. Griffith, who gifted the city of Los Angeles with 3,000 acres of land back in the 1880s. He raised ostriches on the property, and ...
Scientists, celebrities, politicians and thousands of admirers gathered at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles to celebrate the life and legacy of the mountain lion who prowled Griffith Park.
The Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens is a 133-acre ... (later known as the Griffith Park Zoo), Los Angeles, 1935. Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive ...
The origins of the group began in the 1920s as a meeting for businessman who enjoyed riding their horses around Griffith Park. Around 1924, the group began including speakers and musicians, and on March 6, 1925, they held their first official meeting at the park’s Riding Academy. Maurice Demond was the group's first formal president.