The Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens is a 133-acre (54 ha) zoo founded in 1966 and located in Los Angeles, California, United States. The city of Los Angeles owns the zoo, its land and facilities, and the animals.
A summer crowd at the L.A. Zoo
Three Bornean orangutans rest amongst bamboo sway poles and a creek.
Daphne the hedgehog, part of the Animals & You Program
Zoo Magnet Center Campus
Rodger Young Village was a public housing project, established to provide temporary housing for veterans returning to the Southern California area following the end of World War II. The village was named for Rodger Wilton Young, an American infantryman in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was killed on the island of New Georgia while helping his platoon withdraw under enemy fire. For his actions, he posthumously received the United States' highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor.
A banner across the street during the dedication of Rodger Young Village.
Life at the Village 1948
Life in the Village 1948