Letter from Rufus Hardy to Ned Hollister

ID: SIA RU000074 [SIA2013-00216]

Creator: Hardy, Rufus 1855-1943

Form/Genre: Letters (correspondence)

Date: 1918

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 74, Image No. SIA2013-00216

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Summary

Letter from Rufus Hardy to Zoo Superintendent Ned Hollister, sent on October 11, 1918. The letter asks of the whereabouts of the famous Red Cross turkey "Col. Jake Dawson."

Subject

  • Hollister, N (Ned) 1876-1924
  • National Zoological Park (U.S.)
  • American Red Cross

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 74, Image No. SIA2013-00216

Repository Loc.

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

Date

  • 1918
  • October 11, 1918

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Topic

  • Zoos
  • Animals
  • Birds
  • Turkeys

Form/Genre

Letters (correspondence)

Local number

SIA RU000074 [SIA2013-00216]

Physical description

8 x 10.51

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