Jungleland was an animal theme park in Thousand Oaks, 35 miles west of downtown LA. When it opened in 1926, as an animal training and housing facility for the Hollywood movie studios, Thousand Oaks was in the middle of nowhere, so those 170 acres would have come cheap. It started out as Goebel’s Lion Farm, and later the more exotic Goebel’s Wild Animal Farm. Over the years, it went through various purposes (many TV shows and movies were filmed there, such as “Tarzan”, “The Adventures of Robin Hood”, and “Birth of a Nation” as well as being was home to MGM’s Leo the Lion) and went by different names. But in the late 1950s, when this photo was taken, it was changed from World Jungle Compound to Jungleland. It would eventually close in October 1969, when its 1,800 animal occupants were sold at auction.