Arkansas Livestock Show, ape and keeper, 1958 [Man with ape] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1958.

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Arkansas Livestock Show, ape and keeper, 1958 [Man with ape] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1958.

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Negative taken for September 30, 1958, Arkansas Gazette article "Jungle Kings Won't Play Except With Jose," B1:3. Cuban Jose Thomas, the keeper and trainer of Gargantua, an eight year old, seven and half foot tall, 350 pound gorilla, of the Royal American Shows at the Arkansas Livestock Show in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas. Gargantua is the property of the Ringling Brothers Barnun & Bailey.

1 negative : b&w ; 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 cm. (2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.)

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Arkansas History Commission

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Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows

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