These days, your tour guide to Los Angeles wouldn’t be dressed in a suit with jodhpurs, but back in 1928, when this photo was taken, sightseeing around L.A. was a different game. This chap and his tour bus are parked outside the Luna Park Zoo, which was at 3800 N. Mission Rd in Lincoln Heights, northeast of downtown L.A. Previously, it had been the Selig Zoo, where many of the animals who appeared in early silent films were housed. It also served as the Selig Polyscope film studio, and Louis B. Mayer Pictures. The zoo officially closed in 1940 and many of the animals were relocated to the Los Angeles Zoo in Griffith Park.
These days, your tour guide to Los Angeles wouldn’t be dressed in a suit with jodhpurs, but back in 1928, when this photo was taken, sightseeing around L.A. was a different game. This chap and his tour bus are parked outside the Luna Park Zoo, which was at 3800 N. Mission Rd in Lincoln Heights, northeast of downtown L.A. Previously, it had been the Selig Zoo, where many of the animals who appeared in early silent films were housed. It also served as the Selig Polyscope film studio, and Louis B. Mayer Pictures. The zoo officially closed in 1940 and many of the animals were relocated to the Los Angeles Zoo in Griffith Park.
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