Gay's Ln Farm El Monte has been lled the "Disneyland of the 1920s and '30s," but few trac of s wild past rema.
Contents:
- EL MONTE'S WILD PAST: A HISTORY OF GAY'S LN FARM
- EL MONTE’S WILD PAST: A HISTORY OF GAY’S LN FARM
- GAY’S LN FARM
- EL MONTE’S MANE ATTRACTN: A TR OF SNAPSHOTS OF GAY’S LN FARM, 9 FEBARY 1930
- GAY’S LN FARM
EL MONTE'S WILD PAST: A HISTORY OF GAY'S LN FARM
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_____________________________________________________________Gay's Ln Farm, once a fg symbol of El Monte, has left relatively few trac today's cy. Gay's Ln Farm, .
Pamphlet for Gay's Ln Farm | Photo: Secury Pacific Natnal Bank Collectn, Los Angel Public Library.
EntranceBorn 1886, Charl Gay was a French performer who met his wife, English-born Muriel, when he was performg a circ London. The Gays moved to California wh Charl's circ 1914 or 1915, 4 and began raisg lns near Wtlake (now MacArthur) Park 1919.
EL MONTE’S WILD PAST: A HISTORY OF GAY’S LN FARM
Gay's Ln Farm Collectn at the El Monte Historil Mm. * gay's lion farm in el monte *
6 The Gays tablished the farm to tra lns that they uld rent out to Hollywood studs for e movi. 11 Jorane Barton's 2006 stallment the nostalgic Imag of Ameri seri clus an illtratn of a Gay's Ln Farm float the Rose Para. 12El Monte High School adopted "Lns" as the school nickname, and the Gays even provid a ln to serve as "mast" for important football gam.
Charl Gay and his lns, .
GAY’S LN FARM
Gay’s Ln Farm, once a fg symbol of El Monte, has left relatively few trac today's cy. El Monte High School may be the home of the Lns, boastg a statue of a ln that was once part of the Farm, but a perfectly unexotic McDonald’s stands on Valley where the entrance to the… * gay's lion farm in el monte *
Gay at the Ln Farm, 1923 | Photo: Secury Pacific Natnal Bank Collectn, Los Angel Public Library. 30 Incintally, Roy Addleman, whose funeral home on Valley Boulevard would host Charl Gay's service 1950, is also the picture. Gay tak a baby ln for a walk on Center Street El Monte | Photo: Secury Pacific Natnal Bank Collectn, Los Angel Public Library.
World War II brought about the mise of the Farm, as a wartime meat shortage ma prohibively expensive for the Gays to feed their lns.
Hopg to ntue the operatn after the war end, the Gays offered 150 of their approximately 200 lns for sale and also loaned lns to privately-owned zoos.
EL MONTE’S MANE ATTRACTN: A TR OF SNAPSHOTS OF GAY’S LN FARM, 9 FEBARY 1930
Other articl where Gay’s Ln Farm is discsed: El Monte: …the cy was home to Gay’s Ln Farm, which was tablished by former circ stars. The farm hoed some 200 Ain lns (cludg Jackie, one of the lns that was ed to troduce Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films), and many of the lns were ed motn pictur. The cy is now a… * gay's lion farm in el monte *
Gay stated that he planned to keep about fifty lns as breedg stock so that he uld reopen after the war.
Gay's health faltered, and when the war end, he was not well enough to relnch the Farm.
GAY’S LN FARM
In celebratn of Gay’s Ln Farm. (A historil marker loted El Monte Los Angel County, California.) * gay's lion farm in el monte *
In 1949, the Gays put the property up for sale, and they retired to Balboa Island. 35 Charl Gay died of a heart ailment 1950, while Muriel Gay passed away 1966. Charl Gay is buried at San Gabriel Cemetery, and Leo the ln is buried at Los Angel Memorial Pet Cemetery article was prevly published on Tropics of Meta December 9, 2014.
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El Monte Historil Mm is known for s vast llectns rangg om the Gay’s Ln Farm to pneer days artifacts, there’s somethg for you. * gay's lion farm in el monte *
60-62; "Charl Gay. Accsed September 14, 2014The ntemporary "Runng a Ln Farm" stat that Charl Gay me to California "shortly after the war, " while Balducci wr that Gay arrived California 1914. The Inter Movie Database lists Gay as a performer a number of Uned Stat-produced short films om 1915, which would support Balducci's date.