Cages Are Built on Lion House at NZP

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Summary

The principle animal house (Carnivora or Lion House) is greatly improved by the construction of commodious exterior cages into which the animals can pass whenever the weather is suitable.

Subject

  • National Zoological Park (U.S.) Carnivora House
  • National Zoological Park (U.S.) Lion House
  • National Zoological Park (U.S.)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1896, p. 61-62

Contact information

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

Date

1896

Topic

  • Zoos
  • Architecture
  • Cages
  • Buildings
  • Building

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