Lion Collection

Star Loco; A scene from the Ealing Comedy, Titfield Thunderbolt
6th September 1952: A scene from the Ealing comedy

Venetian lion at the town gate, Motovun, Montona, Istria, Croatia

Young Galapagos Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus wollebaeki)

General Garnet Joseph Wolseley Escaping France by Lion
(Original Caption) "The English Tunnel Bugaboo." Cartoon showing French Rooster chasing frightened British Lion ridden by General Wolseley

Gustav Nachtigal
(Original Caption) Gustav Nachtigal (1834-1884) German explorer of the Sudan in Africa (1869-1875). He set the German flag in Togo and Kamerun. (Actual photograph taken in Cairo 1875)

Animal Trainer Posing with Lions
(Original Caption) Bostock, famed animal trainer surrounded by his twelve lions

Political Cartoon Showing Conflict Between Russia and England
(Original Caption) NOT QUITE READY. The Bear.--- War is very, very cruel! Couldn't it be arranged to have universal peace --- at least til I get through with my dinner?

Political Cartoon Depicting Foreign Affairs
(Original Caption) Circumstances Alter Cases! British Lion: "Well, I'll be blowed if that greedy Yankee Eagle hain't trying to spread himself all over Hamerica!"

Lion Tamer Surrounded By His Lions
(Original Caption) A lion tamer is shown surrounded by his animals. Photograph, ca. 1890

Bob Fitzsimmons Bending Lion Cage
(Original Caption) 1896-Engraving of Bob Fitzsimmon's attempting to take a lion out of its cage at Langtry, TX, after the fighter won a heavyweight championship against Peter Maher

Lady Lion Tamer Caged with Lion
(Original Caption) 1897-Lady lion tamer caged with lion

Theodore Roosevelt with His Lion
(Original Caption) Theodore Roosevelt and a bagged lion

Man Taming Lions
(Original Caption) Lion tamer in cage

Painter Rosa Bonheur
(Original Caption) Portrait of Rosa Bonheur, 1893

Babylon After Being Destroyed
(Original Caption) Decline of the Ancient World: The remains of Babylon. From an old lantern slide

Archers Killing Lions in Arena
(Original Caption) Diversion of an Assyrian King

African Political Statement Using Lion Attack
The Arab army rushes to defend Egypt from the British Lion

African Political Statement Using Lion Attack
(Original Caption) Oriental Game. France:--"Sacre! When it does drop, you will get the lion's share." England:---"That's what I am here for!"

Woodcut of Lion
16th-17th century woodcut of a lion. Undated photograph

Man Fighting A Lion On Hind Legs;Engravi
(Original Caption) "The Glory of a Man is his Strength." Undated engraving

Bert Lahr as The Cowardly Lion
Actor Bert Lahr wears the costume for his role as the Cowardly Lion in the 1939 motion picture The Wizard of Oz

Colored Lithograph of the "Lion Queen"
(Original Caption) Woman animal trainer surrounded by lions. "The Lion Queen." Colored lithograph

Cartoon of England as a Lion and France as a Soldier
(Original Caption) France: Gracious! When the fruit falls, you'll get the lion's share again. England: That's exactly why I'm here! Cartoon drawing by F. Graetz

Detail of English in Retreat from The Bayeux Tapestry
(Original Caption) Tapestry of Queen Mathilde. The Battle of Hastings, October 14, 1066. The English running away. BPA2# 5548

Myrna Loy Hat/Tie W/Stuffed Lions
(Original Caption) Myrna Loy, 1905-1993, American film actress. She poses for the photograph wearing a man's jacket, hat and tie

Engraving Of The Lion; Constellation
(Original Caption) Stellar Constellations: The Lion. Engraving by Jacob De Gheyn, 1621

Print of Christian Martyrs in Circus Maximus
Persecution of Christians in Rome. Based after the painting The Christian Martyrs Last Prayer by Jean-Leon Gerome

Slaves Fighting with Lions
Slaves fight with lions in a Roman arena

Engraving of Daniel in the Lion's Den
The prophet Daniel in the Lion's Den. Engraving

Androcles and the Lion
Androcles who was a Roman slave, had removed a large thorn from the paw of the lion. In return for his kindness the lion recognizes Androcles as a friend. (Photo by VCG Wilson/Bettmann Archive)

Watching Lion's Cage in Central Park
Visitors to the zoo in Central Park watch a lion in its cage, New York New York, ca. 1900

French-American Aviators in 1917
A group portrait, with their lion cub mascot and their alsatian, of the Lafayette Escadrille-American Aviators who served France during World War I

Portrait of Lafayette Escadrille Members with Mascots
(Original Caption) Shown are the members of the Lafayette Escadrille and the new American flag presented to them by Mrs. W.G. McAdoo, wife of the Secretary of Treasury

Lion Tamer Posing with His Lions
(Original Caption) Circus And Menageries. Lion tamer surrounded by five lions

Lionel Bilrouki, the Lion-Faced Man
(Original Caption) 3/21/1923-New York, NY: The lion-faced man arrives from Bremen. His name is Lionel Bilrouki. He will be shown with Ringling Brothers at Madison Square Garden, starting March 24

Animal Trainer Wrestling a Lion
(Original Caption) How's this for a pleasant occupation

Animal Trainer Posing Next to a Lion
(Original Caption) El Monte, California: Mrs. Charles Gay, who helped train 60 man eaters for movies on the world's strangest farm at El Monte, Calif. Mr. and Mrs

Animal Trainer Wrestling a Lion
(Original Caption) El Monte, California: Charles Gay, teacher in a school for lions on world's strangest farm at El Monte, Calif

Animal Trainer Posing Next to a Lion
(Original Caption) El Monte, California: Mrs. Charles Gay, who helped train 60 man eaters for movies on the world's strangest farm at El Monte, Calif. Mr. and Mrs

Pilot Martin Jensen with Leo the Lion
Aviator Marten Jensen, second place winner in the 1927 Dole Trans-Pacific Air Race, pictured with the MGM studios lion, Leo

Loew's State Theater in New York City
Traffic tie-up in New York City when Leo, the MGM lion, arrived in town

Man Trying to Hypnotize Lion
Los Angeles psychologist and neurologist John Mand attempts to hypnotize Numa the lion at Gay's Lion Farm in El Monte. Mand is attempting to determine if other animals are affected by hypnosis

Leo the Lion Being Recorded
(Original Caption) 1/28/29- Now that the talkies are making all the human stores sound their vowels and constants properly, Leo, the M.G.M. Lion has decided that he had better look to his laurels

Walter Damrosch
(Original Caption) 1932- Walter Damrosch, (1862-1950), American composer and conductor, wearing medal of White Lion of Czechoslovakia. Depicted seated, waist up, alone

Animal Garden President with Animal Oddities
(Original Caption) Los Angeles, California: The Best Of Friends. A strange animal comradeship exists in the California Zoological Gardens at Los Angeles between a police dog and a young lion

Baby Lion Growling
(Original Caption) Los Angeles: Exuberance. From his expression it is impossible to ascertain whether this little fellow is angry or just full of the joy of living, at the Los Angeles Animal Farm

Buster Crabbe with Lion
(Original Caption) A Lion and a Crabbe...in Hollywood. Hollywood, California: Buster Crabbe, Olympic swimming champion who is one of the latest celebrity recruits to the films

Buster Crabbe and Jackie
(Original Caption) What! No Lion-Aise Potatoes

Clarence Crabbe with Frank Mitchell and Jack Durant
(Original Caption) Clarence (Buster) Crabbe, erstwhile Olympic swimming champion, blew into New York February 24th, with two lion cubs

Trainer Washing Lion in Bathtub
(Original Caption) Saturday at the Zoo

Trainer Drying Lion Off with Towels
(Original Caption) "A Shampoo Sir

Zookeeper Washing Lion in Bathtub in Cage
(Original Caption) 3/22/1933-Los Angeles, CA- Have you ever tried to bathe the family cat

Young Lion Cubs in a Huddle
(Original Caption) California: Getting Ready For The Talkies

W. A. Jaquiss and Assistants with Sick Lion
(Original Caption) Hollywood, calif.: "No Tricks Now!" Said The Doctor To The Lion. Dr. W. A

Robert Ripley Posing with Lion
(Original Caption) Cartoonist Robert Ripley, who has traveled around the world enough times to take him to the moon and back

The Wizard Of Oz Characters
From left: actors Judy Garland, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, and Ray Bolger dressed in character as Dorothy Gale, Cowardly Lion, Tin Man, and Scarecrow from the film The Wizard of Oz, 1939

Bert Lahr as Cowardly Lion from Oz
(Original Caption) 1939- Publicity handout of Bert Lahr (8/13/1895-12/4/1967) American actor, real name Irving Lahrheim, as the Cowardly Lion from the "Wizard of Oz"

Dorothy, the Cowardly Lion, the Tin Woodman, and Scarecrow
(Original Caption) The cast of the 1939 MGM production of "The Wizard of Oz" stand together during a scene from the movie

Cast of The Wizard Of Oz
(Original Caption) Consisting of Judy Garland, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley and Ray Bolger in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer all-Technicolor production "The Wizard of Oz." The film

Clyde Beatty Teaching Lion Taming
(Original Caption) The latest rival of Harvard, Yale, and other institutions of higher learning is Clyde Beatty's College De Cat

Harold Lloyd with Others
(Original Caption) Harold Lloyd, the screen star, is shown (left) with his director, Preston Sturges (center), and Imperial Potentate William H. Woodfield Jr

Arthur Werner Addressing New City Assemb
(Original Caption) 12/13/1946-Berlin, Germany: Dr. Arthur Werner, Lord Mayor of Berlin, addressing the first meeting of the New City Assembly, Nov. 28

Animal Trainer Training Lions
(Original Caption) Willie Story, French wild animal trainer, getting his act into shape at Ringling Brothers circus winter camp, Sarasota, Fla. Willies uses only a whip to train his charges

Trainer with Roaring Lioness
Jules Jacot, animal trainer at the St. Louis Zoo, tries to train a roaring lioness standing on a ball

D. W. Griffith Directing A Lion
(Original Caption) D. W. Griffith, motion picture pioneer "Directing" a lion. Undated photo

D.W. Griffith W/ His Pet Lion Cub
(Original Caption) D.W. Griffith, famed co-founder of United Artists, who handled the most tempermental stars, is shown here with his pet lion cub. Undated photograph

Here Comes the Circus
Two Japanese beauties, Tehako Kato (left) and Harumi Hashamoto, are among those engaged to glorify one of the spectaculars, Blossom Time, " an extravaganza aerial ballet

Lions Attacking Martyrs
(Original Caption) Coliseum martyrs

Samson Killing Lion (Photo by Bettmann/Getty Images)

New York Public Library
One of the famous lion statues at the entrance to the New York Public Library, located on 5th Avenue and 42nd Street in Manhattan

Lion in Chinatown Parade Collects Money
(Original Caption) New York, NY - CHINESE CELEBRATE THEIR "NEW YEARS." Chinatown residents usher in the year 4630 of the old calender

Full View of Lion
Profile of a lion. Undated engraving

Britain Lampooned as Gulliver
(Original Caption) English Channel Tunnel: The Great British Lion (Gulliver) overwhelmed by French "pygmies who invade England while he sleeps

Prehistoric Man Finding Lion in Cave
19th century illustration of a prehistoric man returning from a hunt to find a lion in his cave

Illustration of Christian Martyrs in Circus Maximus
Persecution of Christians in Rome. Based after the painting The Christian Martyrs Last Prayer by Jean-Leon Gerome

Illustration Based on India's Hindu Deity Durga
(Original Caption) Durga. Ganesa. Lakshmi. Sarasvati. Kartikeya

Constellation Leo -- Illustration
(Original Caption) Illustration depicting a view of the heavens, with the constellations Leo Major and Leo Minor. Undated engraving

Depiction Of Astrological Sign Leo; Lion
(Original Caption) Depiction of the astrological sign of Leo (the lion), July 23 to August 24. Undated illustration

Engraving Of Constellation Leo
(Original Caption) Illustration depicting the constellation Leo. Engraving from J. Fortin, 1795

Woman Animal Trainer In Cage W/Wild Cats
(Original Caption) Lithograph entitled "The Lion Queen, " depicting a woman animal trainer surrounded by lions, tigers and leopards. Undated illustration. BPA2 #697

Illustration Of Henry The Lion W/Sword
(Original Caption) A waist-length portrait of Henry the Lion (1129-1195), fourth Duke of Bavaria

Illustration of Dancing Cupids
(Original Caption) An illustration of a frieze of prancing cupids from Pompeii. Undated illustration

"Study Of A Lion" By Rembrandt Van Rijn
(Original Caption) Picture shows, "Study of a Lion", undated wash drawing by Rembrandt Van Rijn (1606-1669). BPA2# 159

Victor Mature Fighting Lion in Movie Samson and Delilah
(Original Caption) Want to trade jobs with a movie star? By a process of strangulation Samson slowly manages to wrest victory from his attacker

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