Oliver Carr
thecircusblog | March 16, 2009
Mr. Carr was the elephant trainer at the Selig Zoo in the 1920’s before the name was changed to Luna Park Zoo. Located in Lincoln Heights, CA, just a few miles from downtown Los Angeles.
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Joe Metcalf At Luna Park
thecircusblog | March 6, 2009
In the bottom left corner is Joe Metcalf with Jenny 0ne of the zoo’s elephants. This photo taken in the early 1930’s at Luna Park formerly called Selig Zoo. The owner was WillIam Selig. Thoughout the years there were other wild animal trainers such as Olga Celeste, Louis Roth and Melvin Koontz. The park was located […]
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