Grounds for New Zoo

ID: MAH-5381

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: c. 1890

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 36, Folder: 1 and RU 95, Box 35, Folder: 7

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Summary

Grounds in the area in Washington, D.C., now known as Rock Creek Park, to be used for the new National Zoological Park. A horse is grazing in the foreground and there is a figure of a man standing under a tree in the background.

Subject

National Zoological Park (U.S.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

In a photo album entitled "Landscapes, National Zoological Park" located in Box 36.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 36, Folder: 1 and RU 95, Box 35, Folder: 7

Contact information

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

Date

c. 1890

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Landscapes
  • Zoos
  • Animals
  • Horses
  • Grounds

Place

Rock Creek Park (Washington, D.C.)

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Landscape

ID Number

MAH-5381

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Landscape; Medium: Photographic print

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