Frederic Burk School Children Lean Excitedly Over the Fence Looking at California Sea Lions (Updated two months ago)

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• Identifier: TP-ATA-2056
• Date: 1960
• Context: <p>&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li data-start="227" data-end="485"> <p data-start="229" data-end="485"><strong data-start="229" data-end="253">California sea lions</strong>: Recognizable by their smooth dark bodies, external ears, and ability to &ldquo;walk&rdquo; on land using their flippers. One is sitting upright on a platform, and another is climbing or basking on a ramp&mdash;classic trained behavior in zoo shows.</p> </li> <li data-start="489" data-end="661"> <p data-start="491" data-end="661"><strong data-start="491" data-end="514">Children and adults</strong>: A crowd of well-dressed children and a few adults lean excitedly over the fence&mdash;most likely part of the same <strong data-start="625" data-end="660">Frederic Burk School field trip</strong>.</p> </li> <li data-start="663" data-end="926"> <p data-start="665" data-end="728"><strong data-start="665" data-end="686">Feeding Time Sign</strong>: The angled sign in the foreground reads:</p> <blockquote data-start="731" data-end="926"> <p data-start="733" data-end="926"><strong data-start="733" data-end="779">"It&rsquo;s Fun to Feed Them &ndash; Sea Food 10&cent; Bag"</strong><br data-start="779" data-end="782" /> This detail places the image firmly in the mid-20th century, as coin-operated food dispensers were common in that era's animal parks and zoos.</p> </blockquote> </li> <li data-start="928" data-end="1091"> <p data-start="930" data-end="1091"><strong data-start="930" data-end="964">Fence and concrete pool design</strong>: This utilitarian style with chain-link fencing and low concrete basins was very typical of zoo architecture in the 1940s&ndash;60s.</p> </li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p style="caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none;"><strong>Credits:</strong>&nbsp;</p> <p style="caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none;">Some descriptions and historical interpretations were developed with the assistance of ChatGPT, an AI language model by OpenAI.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>
• Geographic Coverage: San Francisco, CA
• Temporal Coverage: 1960
• Type: Still Image
• Format: Negative
• Source: San Francisco State University Archives
• Rights: Public