Polar Bears, Male and Female

ID: SIA Acc. 14-167 [NZP-0172]

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Glass negatives

Date: 1900

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 14-167, Image No. NZP-0172

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Summary

Male and female polar bears in their enclosure on the Upper Bear Line at the National Zoological Park.

Subject

National Zoological Park (U.S.)

Notes

  • Also known as NZP-172 and Z-101
  • The female was received from Carl Hagenbeck of Germany on October 13, 1901. The male was received from the Ziegler Relief Expedition via W.S. Champ on October 31, 1905.
  • Male #6238
  • Female #4307.
  • Scientific name: [Ursus maritimus].
  • See also Record Unit 95, Box 46, Folder 9 and Record Unit 95, Box 50, Folder 14.

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 14-167, Image No. NZP-0172

Repository Loc.

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

Date

  • 1900
  • Circa 1900s

Restrictions & Rights

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Topic

Form/Genre

Glass negatives

Local number

SIA Acc. 14-167 [NZP-0172]

Physical description

5x7;

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