1959 Press Photo Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Lion with Newborn Cub

New York, May 4 - Mama gets her licks in - the newborn cub of Sonia the lioness is cuddled by its mother and gets a licking in cage of menagerie at Madison Square Garden today. The cub was born Thursday to seven-year-old Sonia of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

Photo is dated 1959.

Photo measures 8 x 10.25 inches.