Zoo Domestic Dog Exhibit Opens
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PrintThough the Zoo had dogs on display since 1893, in 1896 a domestic dog collection at the National Zoological Park goes on exhibit and includes various breeds to show the variation within a single species. The exhibit will die out in 1924, following complaints of the barking by neighbors.
National Zoological Park (U.S.)
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Mergen, Alexa. From Bison to Biopark: 100 Years of the National Zoo. Washington, D.C.: Friends of the National Zoo, 1989.
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
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