Dunk and Gold Dust Out for a Walk with a Keeper

Summary

Dunk (right) and Gold Dust (left), the National Zoological Park's first elephants, take a walk with one of the zoo's keepers, William Blackburne.

Subject

• Blackburne, William H
• National Zoological Park (U.S.) Early History
• Dunk (Elephant)
• Gold Dust (Elephant)
• National Zoological Park (U.S.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

• For another image of Dunk and Gold Dust, see Negative Numbers SIA2011-1032 and SIA2008-0942.
• Image Number 88-10715 is a photographic print copy of this glate plass negative. Image Number NZP-0288 is another version of the same image, but slightly cropped. Image Number 2003-19538 is likely also the same image, but flipped. For other images of Dunk and Gold Dust with their keeper, see Image Number NZP-0288 (which has a copy, Image Number SIA 2011-1032), or SIA2008-0942.
• The animals were given to the park by James E. Cooper, owner of the Adam Forepaugh Shows, a local menagerie.
• Dunk and Gold Dust often took walks outside the zoo to bathe in Rock Creek.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession Number 14-167, Box 11

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

c. 1898

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Asian Elephants
• Zoo keepers
• Animals
• Zoos
• Smithsonian Institution
• Personnel management
• Employees
• Smithsonian Institution--Employees
• Zoos--Employees

Form/Genre

• Person, candid
• Animal, candid
• Glass plate negative

ID Number

NZP-0902

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and White; Size: 3.6 w x 3.3h; Type of Image: Animal; Candid; Medium: Glass plate negative

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