Polar Bears, Male and Female

ID: SIA Acc. 14-167 [NZP-0450]

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Glass negatives

Date: 1910

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 14-167, Image No. NZP-0450

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Summary

Polar bears in exterior enclosure on the Upper Bear Line at the National Zoological Park. Both are on their hind legs and one is climbing interior fence as a keeper reaches down towards it.

Subject

National Zoological Park (U.S.)

Notes

Scientific name: [Ursus maritimus].

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 14-167, Image No. NZP-0450

Repository Loc.

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

Date

  • 1910
  • Circa 1910s

Restrictions & Rights

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Topic

Form/Genre

Glass negatives

Local number

SIA Acc. 14-167 [NZP-0450]

Physical description

5x7;

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