Elk in the Buffalo Barn, National Zoo

ID: 88-7612 or NZP 60

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1895

Citation: NZP

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Summary

Designed by Boston architect William Ralph Emerson, the Buffalo House was the first structure completed at the newly established National Zoological Park. Because of the lack of funding, both bison and elk were housed in the building for the first years of the park's history.

Subject

  • Emerson, William Ralph 1833-1917
  • National Zoological Park (U.S.)
  • National Zoological Park (U.S.) Buildings
  • National Zoological Park (U.S.) Early History

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

NZP

Contact information

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

Date

1895

Restrictions & Rights

Unknown

Topic

  • Buffalo Barn
  • Zoos
  • American bison
  • Architecture
  • Buffaloes
  • Buffalo

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Architecture

ID Number

88-7612 or NZP 60

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 8x10; Type of Image: Architectural; Medium: Photographic print

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