Blank Postcard of Rare White Tiger's Cubs

ID: SIA2013-07828 (front) and SIA2013-07829 (back)

Creator: Curt Teich & Co

Form/Genre: Postcard

Date: 1964

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Collection 01-157, Box 1, Folder: Baby Animals and Certificate of Appreciation

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Summary

Color postcard of three cubs of a white tiger at the National Zoological Park. The front of the postcard has a white border. The postcard is unused, but the message side has a printed note about the white tiger: "The first white tiger bred outside of India, is shown with his normal-color litter-mates. The tiger triplets are the first born to Samson and Mohini Rewa, the National Zoo's rare white tiger."

Subject

  • Samson
  • National Zoological Park (U.S.)

Notes

Published by Leech & Leech, Inc.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Collection 01-157, Box 1, Folder: Baby Animals and Certificate of Appreciation

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, [email protected]

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Date

1964

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Postcard
  • Panthera
  • Cats
  • Animals
  • Zoos
  • Mohini Rewa (Tiger)
  • Tigers
  • Tiger Cub

Form/Genre

  • Postcard
  • Paper

ID Number

SIA2013-07828 (front) and SIA2013-07829 (back)

Physical description

Number of Images: 2; Color: Color; Size: 5.5w x 3.5h; Type of Image: Postcard; Medium: Paper

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