Christening Ceremony for Orangutan "Bagong"

ID: SIA Acc. 11-008 [OPA-1620]

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Black-and-white negatives

Date: 1970

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-008, Box 15, Image No. OPA-1620

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Summary

Christening ceremony for one month old male orangutan Bagong at the residence of Indonesia's Ambassador to the United States, Soedjatmoko, with foster mother Louise Gallagher, wife of the Headkeeper of the Division of Small Mammals and Primates at the National Zoological Park, Secretary S. Dillon Ripley, Mary Livingston Ripley, and Soedjatmoko, his wife, Ratmini Gandasubrata, and daughters. Bagong was born on March 4 to National Zoo orangutans Archie and Jennie.

Subject

  • Ripley, S. Dillon (Sidney Dillon) 1913-2001
  • Ripley, Mary Livingston
  • Gallagher, Louise
  • Soedjatmoko 1922-1989
  • Gandasubrata, Ratmini
  • National Zoological Park (U.S.)
  • Smithsonian Institution Office of Public Affairs

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Digital contact sheet available.

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-008, Box 15, Image No. OPA-1620

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 1970
  • April 7, 1970

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  • No Copyright - United States

Topic

Form/Genre

Black-and-white negatives

Local number

SIA Acc. 11-008 [OPA-1620]

Physical description

35mm;

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