Monkey House, NZP

ID: 94-2864

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1975

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371 Box 2 Folder June 1975

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Summary

Spider monkeys in the newly renovated Monkey House at the National Zoological Park, 1975. The new glass-enclosed cage for the spider monkeys includes new with logs of solid oak for them to climb on and they were specially designed for this species of monkey. The ropes, simulating climbing vines are two-inch manila rope.

Subject

National Zoological Park (U.S.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Featured in TORCH, June 1975

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371 Box 2 Folder June 1975

Contact information

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

Date

1975

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Animal cages
  • Zoos
  • Animals
  • Spider Monkeys
  • National Zoological Park (U.S.)
  • Monkeys
  • Monkey House
  • Renovations
  • National Zoological Park (U.S.)--Monkey House

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Animal, candid

ID Number

94-2864

Physical description

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

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