Buffalo Behind Smithsonian Institution Building
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Creator: Unknown
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: c. 1886-1889
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 30A Folder 19
Two buffalo near a shed in the South Yard behind the Smithsonian Institution Building. They were acquired in 1886 by the Department of Living Animals, which eventually became the National Zoological Park.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 30A Folder 19
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
c. 1886-1889
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MAH 9731
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Animal, candid; Medium: Photographic print