Chimpanzee

ID: SIA Acc. 14-167 [NZP-0494]

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Glass negatives

Date: 1915

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 14-167, Image No. NZP-0494

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Summary

Chimpanzee, known as Soko, sits on a bench and drinks from a cup while wearing a keeper's hat on the grounds of the National Zoological Park. Head Keeper William H. Blackburne is holding a rope leash attached to Soko's collar.

Subject

  • Blackburne, William H
  • National Zoological Park (U.S.)

Notes

  • Also known as NZP-494
  • Received from Louis Ruhe of New York City, September 8, 1915. Died January 5, 1937.
  • Male #9143.
  • Scientific name: [Pan troglodytes].
  • See also Record Unit 95, Box 47, Folder 7.

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 14-167, Image No. NZP-0494

Repository Loc.

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

Date

  • 1915
  • Between 1915 and 1920

Restrictions & Rights

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Topic

Form/Genre

Glass negatives

Local number

SIA Acc. 14-167 [NZP-0494]

Physical description

5x7;

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