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One of two identical standing rhinoceros statues that flank the entrance to the Keith W. Johnson Zoo Center at the Bronx Zoo in The Bronx, one of five county-level divisions within sprawling New York, New York

One of two identical standing rhinoceros statues that flank the entran...

Sculpted by Katherine Lane Weems in 1936, they were modled after a popular rhino named Bessie, who lived at the Zoo from 1923-1962. The largest metropolitan zoo in the United States and among the largest in the... More

One of two identical standing rhinoceros statues that flank the entrance to the Keith W. Johnson Zoo Center at the Bronx Zoo in The Bronx, one of five county-level divisions within sprawling New York, New York

One of two identical standing rhinoceros statues that flank the entran...

Sculpted by Katherine Lane Weems in 1936, they were modled after a popular rhino named Bessie, who lived at the Zoo from 1923-1962. The largest metropolitan zoo in the United States and among the largest in the... More

Visitors pose for photos before one of two identical standing rhinoceros statues that flank the entrance to the Keith W. Johnson Zoo Center at the Bronx Zoo in The Bronx, one of five county-level divisions within sprawling New York, New York

Visitors pose for photos before one of two identical standing rhinocer...

Sculpted by Katherine Lane Weems in 1936, they were modled after a popular rhino named Bessie, who lived at the Zoo from 1923-1962. The largest metropolitan zoo in the United States and among the largest in the... More

Visitors pose for photos before one of two identical standing rhinoceros statues that flank the entrance to the Keith W. Johnson Zoo Center at the Bronx Zoo in The Bronx, one of five county-level divisions within sprawling New York, New York

Visitors pose for photos before one of two identical standing rhinocer...

Sculpted by Katherine Lane Weems in 1936, they were modled after a popular rhino named Bessie, who lived at the Zoo from 1923-1962. The largest metropolitan zoo in the United States and among the largest in the... More