Watching Ling-Ling and her stillborn cub

ID: 95-259

Creator: Cohen, Jessie

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1984

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371 Box 4 Folder September 1984

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Summary

At the National Zoological Park Panda House, keeper-leader Barbara Bingham focuses a T.V. camera on Ling-Ling nuzzling her stillborn cub. The infant was born at 10:30 p.m., August 5, 1984. Zoo keepers and Friends of the National Zoo Panda watchers have been observing Ling-Ling since June 18, when the pregnancy watch started.

Subject

Ling-Ling (Giant panda)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Featured in TORCH, September 1984

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371 Box 4 Folder September 1984

Contact information

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

Date

1984

Restrictions & Rights

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Topic

  • Women
  • Panda House
  • Animals
  • Zoo keepers
  • Endangered ecosystems
  • National Zoological Park (U.S.)
  • Births
  • Bingham, Barbara
  • National Zoological Park (U.S.)--Panda House
  • Endangered species
  • Event

Form/Genre

Photographic print

ID Number

95-259

Physical description

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

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