[Chained bear standing or walking toward male Ludar Gypsy trainer, b&w photoprint.]
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: AC0161-0000006 (AC Scan No.)
name: label: Photographer
content: Wendler-Funaro, Carlos de, 1898-1985 (language teacher, also known as Carl Funaro)
label: Names
content: United States. Work Projects Administration
label: Collection Photographer
content: Alland, Alexander, Sr. (Alexander Landschaft), 1902-1989
label: Collection Author
content: Kaslov, Steve, ca. 1888-1949 (King of the Red Bandanna Romany Gypsies )
topic: label: Topic
content: Gypsies -- 1920-1980 -- United States
label: Topic
content: Captive wild animals
label: Topic
content: Training -- Animals -- 1930-1950
label: Topic
content: Bears -- performing -- 1920-1980 -- Maspeth (N.Y.)
creator: label: Photographer
content: Wendler-Funaro, Carlos de, 1898-1985 (language teacher, also known as Carl Funaro)
culture: label: Culture
content: Ludar
label: Culture
content: Gypsies
setName: label: See more items in
content: Carlos de Wendler-Funaro Gypsy Research Collection
label: See more items in
content: 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
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (Silver gelatin on paper., 5.2" x 7.1")
unitdate: label: Date
content: Circa 1937
container: label: Container
content: Box 6, Folder 3
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 1930-1940 -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Possibly an act with the WPA Circus.