NZP Elephants Getting to Know Each Other

ID: 96-1375

Creator: Cohen, Jessie

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1988

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371 Box 5 Folder June 1988

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Summary

Nancy, the National Zoological Park's (NZP) African elephant, introduces herself to Shanthi and Ambika, NZP's Asian elephants, while Collection Manager John Lehnhardt (lower l.) and keepers Kathy Wallace and Marie Galloway eavesdrop. Ambika responds by permitting Nancy to touch her trunk.

Subject

National Zoological Park (U.S.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Featured in TORCH, June 1988

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371 Box 5 Folder June 1988

Contact information

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

Date

1988

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Galloway, Marie
  • Animals
  • Shanthi (Elephant)
  • Zoos
  • Zoo keepers
  • Lehnhardt, John
  • Ambika (Elephant)
  • Wallace, Kathy
  • Elephants
  • Nancy (Elephant)

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Animal, candid

ID Number

96-1375

Physical description

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

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