Letter from Ned Hollister to Mr. R. C. Deming about the turkey "Col. Jake Dawson"

ID: SIA RU000074 [SIA2013-00213]

Creator: Hollister, N (Ned) 1876-1924

Form/Genre: Letters (correspondence)

Date: 1918

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 74, Image No. SIA2013-00212

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Summary

Letter from Ned Hollister to Mr. R. C. Deming about the turkey "Col. Jake Dawson." Deming offered the National Zoo the gift of the domestic turkey that helped raise the Red Cross over thirty thousand dollars.

Subject

  • Deming, R. C
  • National Zoological Park (U.S.)
  • American Red Cross

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 74, Image No. SIA2013-00212

Repository Loc.

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

Date

  • 1918
  • June 6, 1918

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  • No Known Copyright Restrictions

Topic

  • Zoos
  • Animals
  • Birds
  • Turkeys

Form/Genre

Letters (correspondence)

Local number

SIA RU000074 [SIA2013-00213]

Physical description

7.11 x 5.21

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