Blank Postcard of a Rhinoceros at the Zoo
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Creator: Capitol Souvenir Company
Form/Genre: Postcard
Date: 1948
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 365, Box 16, Folder: 6
Blank postcard of a rhinoceros at the National Zoological Park. The rhinoceros is standing in its enclosure with its head lifted towards the sky and its mouth open. The message side is blank, but it has a printed note: "Rhinoceros--A large massively built animal allied to the elephant and distinguished by one or two horns, composed of modified hairs, on the nose. Habitat, Tropical Africa and Asia." The front has a white border.
National Zoological Park (U.S.)
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 365, Box 16, Folder: 6
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1948
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SIA2013-06623 (front) and SIA2013-06624 (back)
Number of Images: 2; Color: Color; Size: 5.5w x 3.5h; Type of Image: Postcard; Medium: Linen