Postcard of a Wart Hog
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Creator: Curt Teich & Co
Form/Genre: Postcard
Date: 1935
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 65, Box 16, Folder: Postcards
Color postcard of a wart hog at the National Zoological Park. It is standing on a bed of straw. The front of the postcard has a white border. The postcard is unused, but the message side has a printed note about the wart hog: "Wart Hog from East Africa, captured in Tanganyika [Republic of Tanzania] by the Smithsonian-Chrysler Expedition."
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
The Smithsonian-Chrysler Expedition took place in 1926.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 65, Box 16, Folder: Postcards
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1935
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SIA2013-07834 (front) and SIA2013-07835 (back)
Number of Images: 2; Color: Color; Size: 5.5w x 3.5h; Type of Image: Postcard; Medium: Linen