Interview 31514 – Caption Index: 12
And what zoos did you see when you were growing up?… Read More
And what zoos did you see when you were growing up?… Read More
A lot. I think now we only had Griffith Park Zoo. It wasn’t in the new location, you know, it was in a different location and I think I, I know I went there once with my two sisters, treated me like their child. They took me everywhere with their… Read More
Had a horn towed that I got on one rare visit to the dentist, to the desert as well as a myrtle la turtle, a desert tortoise in there. So I had these, these animals. And in the house I had a hamster and parakeet, a fish, fish bowl, you… Read More
So my friend Alan Smith and I were looking through the fields through stuff and this policeman came up and said, are you kids looking for trouble?… Read More
And we held up our bags, no, just insects. And he just laughed and ran away. So, so animals had always been part of my life. Yeah. Read More
Yes. From the very, I don’t know what got me interested in animals. My father was sort of like an engineer. My brother was an engineer. My two sisters did, did some work, but were basically housewives and, but I always had an interest in animals. We had a cat… Read More
Who were animals part of your life?… Read More
But anyway, she secretly, she secretly took driving lessons, which got the neighbors gossiping because they thought she was having an affair with somebody. But she took her stop, did, took driving lessons. Then in 1956 she went by herself to Ira Escobar Ford dealer and bought her own car. Read More
She, my father was pretty domineering. He gave her $40 probably for her entire, their entire life to buy groceries every week. And she actually saved some of that money. I remember the groceries then. And she remember you had your milkman, you had your, your ve Tommy, the vegetable… Read More
And you know, but she did the typical thing. She made dinner every night and, and it was a typical housewife. And we lived in Inglewood, California in a nice little house and basically leave it to Beaver neighborhood, you know, and paid hide and seek with the kids and… Read More
Who were your parents? What did they do?… Read More
He was like 6 62 years old. He retired and did very well. And the interesting story about my mother and father in the sense of working is they somehow, I don’t remember why, but some in the thirties came from Philadelphia to Los Angeles and somehow he, my father… Read More
My father Raymond M. Taylor. I have an older brother, Raymond M. Taylor Jr. And my mother was Ardath Taylor. And my father very, actually he was a very smart man, but grew up in Philadelphia, as did my mother. My father, never grad, never went to high school and… Read More
I am Steve Taylor. I was born in Inglewood, California on March 18th, 1947. Read More
You know, you die 30 days later, they got somebody else in your job and they’re moving on. You know, it’s just, and it’s very true. My legacy, I just hope that I’ve touched lives in those lives, are going forward with things that the zoo touched them some way… Read More
I’d like to be remembered, oh boy. That he was a good fellow. He did something really good for our community. He did something great for families. He did something great for animal care. He did something good for his coworkers. You know, I think what’s important is that, I… Read More
It’s just like, what’s the old saying?… Read More
I’ve, I’ve learned about people in so many ways too, and the way people react to different things. I’ve learned about politicians, I’ve learned about fundraising, you know, I’ve learned about supervising people. Well, I’ve, I’ve just learned to be a listener. I’ve just, it’s a, as I always said,… Read More
How would you like to be remembered your legacy?… Read More
So what have I learned?… Read More