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Lion trainer [B 50172] • Photograph

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Summary

The lady lion tamer is May Kovar. She toured Australia and New Zealand 1947 to 1949 with Wirth's Circus. She was killed when attacked by a lion she was training at Louis Goebels Lion farm, Los Angeles, December 20th 1949.

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Physical description

Photograph (b&w print); 9 cm x 14 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1948

Collection

Part of General Collection

Subject

Kovar, May, -1949
Wirth Bros. Circus
Circus -- Australia

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Digitisation information

Date

28/08/2020

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

5,671 x 3,639 pixels (20.6 MP)

Size

61.93 MB

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