Object Details
sova.nmah.ac.0161_ref915
- Local Numbers
- AC0161-0000006 (AC Scan No.)
- Photographer
- Wendler-Funaro, Carlos de, 1898-1985 (language teacher, also known as Carl Funaro)
- Names
- United States. Work Projects Administration
- Collection Photographer
- Alland, Alexander, Sr. (Alexander Landschaft), 1902-1989
- Collection Author
- Kaslov, Steve, ca. 1888-1949 (King of the Red Bandanna Romany Gypsies )
- Topic
- Gypsies -- 1920-1980 -- United States
- Captive wild animals
- Training -- Animals -- 1930-1950
- Bears -- performing -- 1920-1980 -- Maspeth (N.Y.)
- Photographer
- Wendler-Funaro, Carlos de, 1898-1985 (language teacher, also known as Carl Funaro)
- Culture
- Ludar
- Gypsies
- See more items in
- Carlos de Wendler-Funaro Gypsy Research Collection
- Carlos de Wendler-Funaro Gypsy Research Collection / Series 7: Photographs by de Wendler Funaro: Gypsies in the United States / 7.2: Ludar / Maspeth, c. 1937. Bear and trainer. De Wendler-Funaro refers in his manuscripts to Ludar in the W. P. A. Circus; records of the Works Progress'Administration confirm the-pirtici'@ation of this Maspeth Ludar trainer and his 'sensational wire-walking, bicycle-riding -and roller skating Russian bears,' from 1937 through 1939. #156
- Extent
- 1 Item (Silver gelatin on paper., 5.2" x 7.1")
- Date
- Circa 1937
- Container
- Box 6, Folder 3
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Type
- Archival materials
- Photographs
- Collection Citation
- Carlos de Wendler-Funaro Gypsy Research Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
- Collection Rights
- Photographs by de Wendler-Funaro are available for reproduction. Fees for commercial use. Permission to reproduce photographs by Alexander Alland must be granted by the photographer's estate; other photographs may have copyright restrictions.
- Genre/Form
- Photographs -- 1930-1940 -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin
- Scope and Contents
- Possibly an act with the WPA Circus.
- Restrictions
- Unrestricted research use on site, by appointment. Photographs must be handled with cotton gloves unless protected by sleeves.
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- Record ID
- ebl-1560708627675-1560708627716-4