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Lake in the zoo, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Lake in the zoo, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

An Autumn pathway, zoo park [Rock Creek], Washington, D.C.

An Autumn pathway, zoo park [Rock Creek], Washington, D.C.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Rock Creek Road, zoo park, Washington, D.C.

Rock Creek Road, zoo park, Washington, D.C.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The Zoo, Druid Hill Park, Baltimore, Md.

The Zoo, Druid Hill Park, Baltimore, Md.

Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Montgomery Zoo, Montgomery, Alabama

Montgomery Zoo, Montgomery, Alabama

The Montgomery Zoo was established in 1920 as part of Oak Park. It grew and thrived there until the 1960s. Eleven years later, the Zoo was re-established and moved to its current located in north Montgomery. In... More

Giraffes at the Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, Illinois

Giraffes at the Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, Illinois

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Stone Face totem, Wilmington, North Carolina

Stone Face totem, Wilmington, North Carolina

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Attractions. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photogr... More

Montgomery Zoo, Montgomery, Alabama

Montgomery Zoo, Montgomery, Alabama

Picryl description: Public domain image of a zoo, safari park, wild animals, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

Crane meets lizard at the Phoenix Zoo in Phoenix, Arizona

Crane meets lizard at the Phoenix Zoo in Phoenix, Arizona

Opened in 1962, the Phoenix Zoo is the largest privately owned, nonprofit zoo in the United States. The zoo was founded by Robert Maytag, a member of the family that owned a famous appliance company. It display... More

Franklin Park Zoo, Elephant House, Seaver Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Franklin Park Zoo, Elephant House, Seaver Street, Boston, Suffolk Coun...

Survey number: HABS MA-1097 Public domain photograph of building in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

National Zoological Park, Elephant House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

National Zoological Park, Elephant House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, ...

Significance: In William Mann's "A Brief History of the Zoo," penned in 1946 while he was director, he wrote that "in 1935 the Zoo had a great stroke of good luck [when] the Public Works Administration allotted... More

National Zoological Park, Elephant House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

National Zoological Park, Elephant House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, ...

Significance: In William Mann's "A Brief History of the Zoo," penned in 1946 while he was director, he wrote that "in 1935 the Zoo had a great stroke of good luck [when] the Public Works Administration allotted... More

National Zoological Park, Elephant House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

National Zoological Park, Elephant House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, ...

Significance: In William Mann's "A Brief History of the Zoo," penned in 1946 while he was director, he wrote that "in 1935 the Zoo had a great stroke of good luck [when] the Public Works Administration allotted... More

Visit the zoo - Philadelphia - Public domain dedication image

Visit the zoo - Philadelphia - Public domain dedication image

Poster promoting the zoo as a place to visit, showing a hippopotamus. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

R. F. Jones House, 4001 Minnehaha Parkway, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN

R. F. Jones House, 4001 Minnehaha Parkway, Minneapolis, Hennepin Count...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, trees, outdoors, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Franklin Park Zoo, Bear Dens, Seaver Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Franklin Park Zoo, Bear Dens, Seaver Street, Boston, Suffolk County, M...

Significance: Built in 1912, the Bear Dens were among the first structures to be erected in Boston's Franklin Park Zoo, and were used continuously until 1971. The design for the dens was the work of landscape a... More

National Zoological Park, Bird House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

National Zoological Park, Bird House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Wash...

Significance: Although part of the National Zoological Park's early collection, birds lacked a permanent, and proper, habitat for many years. There was no one place for visitors to view the various species; exh... More

National Zoological Park, Bird House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

National Zoological Park, Bird House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Wash...

Significance: Although part of the National Zoological Park's early collection, birds lacked a permanent, and proper, habitat for many years. There was no one place for visitors to view the various species; exh... More

National Zoological Park, Bird House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

National Zoological Park, Bird House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Wash...

Significance: Although part of the National Zoological Park's early collection, birds lacked a permanent, and proper, habitat for many years. There was no one place for visitors to view the various species; exh... More

National Zoological Park, Bird House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

National Zoological Park, Bird House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Wash...

Significance: Although part of the National Zoological Park's early collection, birds lacked a permanent, and proper, habitat for many years. There was no one place for visitors to view the various species; exh... More

Franklin Park Zoo, Feline House, Seaver Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Franklin Park Zoo, Feline House, Seaver Street, Boston, Suffolk County...

Survey number: HABS MA-1096 Public domain photograph of building in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hippopotamus Fatima the Intarie, Central Park

Hippopotamus Fatima the Intarie, Central Park

6218Bp2s-2 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyrighted by Alfred. S. Campbell. No. 337.

The Pavilion, zoo, Cincinnati, Ohio

The Pavilion, zoo, Cincinnati, Ohio

Picryl description: Public domain image of park architecture, palace, chateau, open space, 18th, and 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

An Autumn pathway, zoo park Rock Creek, Washington, D.C

An Autumn pathway, zoo park Rock Creek, Washington, D.C

"G 3488" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019155. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[View at the National Zoo, Washington, D.C.]

[View at the National Zoo, Washington, D.C.]

National Photo Company Collection. No. 261. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Elephants at National Zoo, Washington, D.C.

Elephants at National Zoo, Washington, D.C.

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Birds at an oasis in the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas

Birds at an oasis in the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The zoological garden, which opened in 1971, is named after Gladys Porter, the daughter of Earl C. Sams, former president of the J.C.... More

Elephants at the North Carolina Zoological Park in Asheboro, North Carolina, near the geographic center of the state

Elephants at the North Carolina Zoological Park in Asheboro, North Car...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This state-owned zoo is the largest walk-through zoo in the world with over 2,000 acres featuring more than 1,600 animals from more th... More

A young burrowing owl has found a haven " conviently provided in a piece of storm pipe at the Phoenix Zoo in Phoenix, Arizona. This species, which favors deserts and grasslands, is adept on the ground but does fly. It favors land operations in fall and winter, during breeding and chick-raising seasons

A young burrowing owl has found a haven " conviently provided in a pie...

Opened in 1962, the Phoenix Zoo is the largest privately owned, nonprofit zoo in the United States. The zoo was founded by Robert Maytag, a member of the family that owned a famous appliance company. It display... More

The carousel at the Phoenix Zoo in Phoenix, Arizona, is not your typical merry-go-round, with a circle of carved horses. It boasts a veritable, and colorful, menagerie of animals to ride

The carousel at the Phoenix Zoo in Phoenix, Arizona, is not your typic...

Opened in 1962, the Phoenix Zoo is the largest privately owned, nonprofit zoo in the United States. The zoo was founded by Robert Maytag, a member of the family that owned a famous appliance company. It display... More

[The Zoo in Highland Park, Pittsburg, Penna.]

[The Zoo in Highland Park, Pittsburg, Penna.]

Public domain photograph - park, sign, monument, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Franklin Park Zoo, Bear Dens, Seaver Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Franklin Park Zoo, Bear Dens, Seaver Street, Boston, Suffolk County, M...

Significance: Built in 1912, the Bear Dens were among the first structures to be erected in Boston's Franklin Park Zoo, and were used continuously until 1971. The design for the dens was the work of landscape a... More

National Zoological Park, Bird House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

National Zoological Park, Bird House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Wash...

Significance: Although part of the National Zoological Park's early collection, birds lacked a permanent, and proper, habitat for many years. There was no one place for visitors to view the various species; exh... More

Information - Brookfield Zoo / Waltrip.

Information - Brookfield Zoo / Waltrip.

Poster for the Brookfield Zoo, showing hippopotamuses superimposed over outline of Africa. Date stamped on verso: Aug 15 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress) Promotional go... More

Information - Brookfield Zoo / Waltrip.

Information - Brookfield Zoo / Waltrip.

Poster for the Brookfield Zoo, showing hippopotamuses superimposed over outline of Africa. Date stamped on verso: Aug 15 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress) Promotional go... More

Franklin Park Zoo, Feline House, Seaver Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Franklin Park Zoo, Feline House, Seaver Street, Boston, Suffolk County...

Survey number: HABS MA-1096 Public domain photograph - historical image of Massachusetts, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Bear pit, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Mich.

Bear pit, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Mich.

Title from jacket. Negative cracked and taped. "G 5988" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 068067. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

The Bear pits, Forest Park, Little Rock, Ark.

The Bear pits, Forest Park, Little Rock, Ark.

Title from jacket. "G 6778" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 039506. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Rock Creek, zoo park, Washington, D.C.

Rock Creek, zoo park, Washington, D.C.

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Giraffes at Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, Illinois

Giraffes at Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, Illinois

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Entrance to the Bronx Zoo in The Bronx, one of five county-level divisions within sprawling New York, New York

Entrance to the Bronx Zoo in The Bronx, one of five county-level divis...

The largest metropolitan zoo in the United States and among the largest in the world, this zoo, which opened in 1899, has attracts more than two million visitors each year. It comprises 265 acres of parkland an... More

Panda from the San Diego Zoo. Balboa Park, San Diego, California

Panda from the San Diego Zoo. Balboa Park, San Diego, California

The San Diego Zoo pioneered the concept of open-air, cageless exhibits that re-create natural animal habitats. Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B.... More

Scene at the Asian Lantern Festival at the Reid Park Zoo in Tucson, Arizona. The zoo partnered with the Confucius Institute at the University of Arizona, Tianyu Arts & Culture Inc., and Tucson Chinese Cultural Center to bring more than 400 colorful, customized lantern displays to the zoo park

Scene at the Asian Lantern Festival at the Reid Park Zoo in Tucson, Ar...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

Scene at the Asian Lantern Festival at the Reid Park Zoo in Tucson, Arizona. The zoo partnered with the Confucius Institute at the University of Arizona, Tianyu Arts & Culture Inc., and Tucson Chinese Cultural Center to bring more than 400 colorful, customized lantern displays to the zoo park

Scene at the Asian Lantern Festival at the Reid Park Zoo in Tucson, Ar...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Barbara Barrett; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:112) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. C... More

National Zoological Park, Elephant House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

National Zoological Park, Elephant House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, ...

Significance: In William Mann's "A Brief History of the Zoo," penned in 1946 while he was director, he wrote that "in 1935 the Zoo had a great stroke of good luck [when] the Public Works Administration allotted... More

National Zoological Park, Elephant House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

National Zoological Park, Elephant House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, ...

Significance: In William Mann's "A Brief History of the Zoo," penned in 1946 while he was director, he wrote that "in 1935 the Zoo had a great stroke of good luck [when] the Public Works Administration allotted... More

National Zoological Park, Elephant House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

National Zoological Park, Elephant House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, ...

Significance: In William Mann's "A Brief History of the Zoo," penned in 1946 while he was director, he wrote that "in 1935 the Zoo had a great stroke of good luck [when] the Public Works Administration allotted... More

Philadelphia Zoological Gardens, 3400 West Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Philadelphia Zoological Gardens, 3400 West Girard Avenue, Philadelphia...

See also HABS PA-1662 & PA-1663 for other Zoological Gardens documentation. See also field notes for HABS PA-6211 for additional documentation. Additional documentation includes photographs & drawings. Signific... More

Visit the zoo - Public domain dedication image

Visit the zoo - Public domain dedication image

Poster promoting the zoo as a place to visit, showing an elephant. Date stamped on verso: Aug 4 1937. Poster designed by Hugh Stevenson, Philadelphia. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of ... More

Visit the Brookfield Zoo free Thursday, Saturday, Sunday

Visit the Brookfield Zoo free Thursday, Saturday, Sunday

Poster for the Brookfield Zoo announcing days when entrance to the Zoo is free, showing a polar bear. Hand-written on verso: 10/13/36. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress) Design... More

R. F. Jones House, 4001 Minnehaha Parkway, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN

R. F. Jones House, 4001 Minnehaha Parkway, Minneapolis, Hennepin Count...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

R. F. Jones House, 4001 Minnehaha Parkway, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN

R. F. Jones House, 4001 Minnehaha Parkway, Minneapolis, Hennepin Count...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an amusement park, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Philadelphia Zoological Gardens, Bear Pits, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Philadelphia Zoological Gardens, Bear Pits, Philadelphia, Philadelphia...

See also HABS PA-6211 for additional information. Survey number: HABS PA-1662 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72001151

National Zoological Park, Bird House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

National Zoological Park, Bird House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Wash...

Significance: Although part of the National Zoological Park's early collection, birds lacked a permanent, and proper, habitat for many years. There was no one place for visitors to view the various species; exh... More

National Zoological Park, Bird House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

National Zoological Park, Bird House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Wash...

Significance: Although part of the National Zoological Park's early collection, birds lacked a permanent, and proper, habitat for many years. There was no one place for visitors to view the various species; exh... More

Russian bears, Highland Park Zoo, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Russian bears, Highland Park Zoo, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Public domain photograph related to Russia, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Great flying birdcage, zoo park, Washington, D.C.

Great flying birdcage, zoo park, Washington, D.C.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an architectural element, dome, cathedral, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Bear pit, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Mich.]

[Bear pit, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Mich.]

Public domain photograph - historical image of Michigan, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Brutus in the zoo - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Brutus in the zoo - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Sea lion's cave, Lincoln Park, Chicago, Ill.

The Sea lion's cave, Lincoln Park, Chicago, Ill.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a canal, barge, historic place, water reflection, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Montgomery Zoo, Montgomery, Alabama

Montgomery Zoo, Montgomery, Alabama

The Montgomery Zoo was established in 1920 as part of Oak Park. It grew and thrived there until the 1960s. Eleven years later, the Zoo was re-established and moved to its current located in north Montgomery. In... More

National Zoological Park, Washington, D.C., for General Services Administration Lion and tiger exhibit. Upper level plan Faulkner, Fryer and Vanderpool, architects

National Zoological Park, Washington, D.C., for General Services Admin...

Drawing no. 3. Gift; Animal Welfare Institute; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:008) Accession box no. PR 13 CN 2018:008.08

Visitor tram at the Bronx Zoo in The Bronx, one of five county-level divisions within sprawling New York, New York

Visitor tram at the Bronx Zoo in The Bronx, one of five county-level d...

The largest metropolitan zoo in the United States and among the largest in the world, this zoo, which opened in 1899, has attracts more than two million visitors each year. It comprises 265 acres of parkland an... More

Front entrance, Smithsonian National Zoological Park, Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington, D.C.

Front entrance, Smithsonian National Zoological Park, Connecticut Ave....

Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of District of Columbia Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Pr... More

Franklin Park Zoo, Elephant House, Seaver Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Franklin Park Zoo, Elephant House, Seaver Street, Boston, Suffolk Coun...

Survey number: HABS MA-1097 Public domain photograph of building in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Visit the zoo - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Congress

Visit the zoo - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Congress

Poster promoting the zoo as a place to visit, showing three penguins. Date stamped on verso: Mar 27 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

R. F. Jones House, 4001 Minnehaha Parkway, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN

R. F. Jones House, 4001 Minnehaha Parkway, Minneapolis, Hennepin Count...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an amusement park, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Franklin Park Zoo, Bear Dens, Seaver Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Franklin Park Zoo, Bear Dens, Seaver Street, Boston, Suffolk County, M...

Significance: Built in 1912, the Bear Dens were among the first structures to be erected in Boston's Franklin Park Zoo, and were used continuously until 1971. The design for the dens was the work of landscape a... More

National Zoological Park, Bird House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

National Zoological Park, Bird House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Wash...

Significance: Although part of the National Zoological Park's early collection, birds lacked a permanent, and proper, habitat for many years. There was no one place for visitors to view the various species; exh... More

National Zoological Park, Bird House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

National Zoological Park, Bird House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Wash...

Significance: Although part of the National Zoological Park's early collection, birds lacked a permanent, and proper, habitat for many years. There was no one place for visitors to view the various species; exh... More

National Zoological Park, Bird House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

National Zoological Park, Bird House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Wash...

Significance: Although part of the National Zoological Park's early collection, birds lacked a permanent, and proper, habitat for many years. There was no one place for visitors to view the various species; exh... More

National Zoological Park, Bird House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

National Zoological Park, Bird House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Wash...

Significance: Although part of the National Zoological Park's early collection, birds lacked a permanent, and proper, habitat for many years. There was no one place for visitors to view the various species; exh... More

Franklin Park Zoo, Feline House, Seaver Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Franklin Park Zoo, Feline House, Seaver Street, Boston, Suffolk County...

Survey number: HABS MA-1096 Public domain photograph of building in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Bear pit, Lincoln Park, Chicago

The Bear pit, Lincoln Park, Chicago

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Visit the zoo - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Congress

Visit the zoo - WPA poster, Public domain, Library of Congress

Poster promoting the zoo as a place to visit, showing two penguins. Date stamped on verso: Aug 4 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress).

Who's who in the zoo Illustrated natural history prepared by the WPA Federal Writers Project : On sale at all book stores, zoos, and museums.

Who's who in the zoo Illustrated natural history prepared by the WPA F...

Poster advertising WPA Federal Writers' Project illustrated guide to natural history. Date stamped on verso: Jun 4 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Attributed to Sidne... More

Montgomery Zoo, Montgomery, Alabama

Montgomery Zoo, Montgomery, Alabama

The Montgomery Zoo was established in 1920 as part of Oak Park. It grew and thrived there until the 1960s. Eleven years later, the Zoo was re-established and moved to its current located in north Montgomery. In... More

Four-year-old Lily Macey supplants an (albeit statuary) elephant from its stool at the Houston, Texas, zoo

Four-year-old Lily Macey supplants an (albeit statuary) elephant from ...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Lyda Hill Texas Collection of Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and P... More

A young burrowing owl has found a haven " conviently provided in a piece of storm pipe at the Phoenix Zoo in Phoenix, Arizona. This species, which favors deserts and grasslands, is adept on the ground but does fly. It favors land operations in fall and winter, during breeding and chick-raising seasons

A young burrowing owl has found a haven " conviently provided in a pie...

Opened in 1962, the Phoenix Zoo is the largest privately owned, nonprofit zoo in the United States. The zoo was founded by Robert Maytag, a member of the family that owned a famous appliance company. It display... More

This Hopi Rattlesnake, whose habitat is normally deserts and grasslands, lives at the Phoenix Zoo in Phoenix, Arizona. Better to encounter them there than in the wild, since their hypodermic needle-style fangs are ready to bite and retract any creature that threatens them

This Hopi Rattlesnake, whose habitat is normally deserts and grassland...

Opened in 1962, the Phoenix Zoo is the largest privately owned, nonprofit zoo in the United States. The zoo was founded by Robert Maytag, a member of the family that owned a famous appliance company. It display... More

Giant hippopotamus in the "zoo", Central Park, New York

Giant hippopotamus in the "zoo", Central Park, New York

Stereograph showing large hippopotamus asleep in its pen at the Central Park zoo. H41404 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1904 by William H. Rau. No. 5653.

The faithful ship of the desert, a camel in the Central Park "zoo", New York

The faithful ship of the desert, a camel in the Central Park "zoo", Ne...

Stereograph showing woman in Central Park zoo trying to feed a camel through the bars of its enclosure. H41403 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1904 by William H. Rau. On verso: American and Foreign scenery; Re... More

Franklin Park Zoo, Elephant House, Seaver Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Franklin Park Zoo, Elephant House, Seaver Street, Boston, Suffolk Coun...

Survey number: HABS MA-1097 Public domain photograph of building in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

National Zoological Park, Elephant House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

National Zoological Park, Elephant House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, ...

Significance: In William Mann's "A Brief History of the Zoo," penned in 1946 while he was director, he wrote that "in 1935 the Zoo had a great stroke of good luck [when] the Public Works Administration allotted... More

National Zoological Park, Elephant House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

National Zoological Park, Elephant House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, ...

Significance: In William Mann's "A Brief History of the Zoo," penned in 1946 while he was director, he wrote that "in 1935 the Zoo had a great stroke of good luck [when] the Public Works Administration allotted... More

Philadelphia Zoological Gardens, Bear Pits, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Philadelphia Zoological Gardens, Bear Pits, Philadelphia, Philadelphia...

See also HABS PA-6211 for additional information. Survey number: HABS PA-1662 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72001151

Philadelphia Zoological Gardens, Bear Pits, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Philadelphia Zoological Gardens, Bear Pits, Philadelphia, Philadelphia...

See also HABS PA-6211 for additional information. Survey number: HABS PA-1662 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72001151

Franklin Park Zoo, Bear Dens, Seaver Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Franklin Park Zoo, Bear Dens, Seaver Street, Boston, Suffolk County, M...

Significance: Built in 1912, the Bear Dens were among the first structures to be erected in Boston's Franklin Park Zoo, and were used continuously until 1971. The design for the dens was the work of landscape a... More

National Zoological Park, Bird House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

National Zoological Park, Bird House, 3001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Wash...

Significance: Although part of the National Zoological Park's early collection, birds lacked a permanent, and proper, habitat for many years. There was no one place for visitors to view the various species; exh... More

Bear pit, the zoo, Buffalo, N.Y

Bear pit, the zoo, Buffalo, N.Y

"G 6638" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 071480. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Lions and tigers in Lincoln Park, Chicago, The

Lions and tigers in Lincoln Park, Chicago, The

Public domain image of a historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Zoo Park - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Zoo Park - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National P... More

National Zoological Park. Interior of birdhouse at zoo I

National Zoological Park. Interior of birdhouse at zoo I

Subject card annotation: made for W.H. Silpath Tile Co. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in ... More

New York Zoological Society. Elk under tree

New York Zoological Society. Elk under tree

Public domain image of a rural landscape, agriculture, farm animals, livestock, pasture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Gazelles and giraffes on a moat-protected island at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas

Gazelles and giraffes on a moat-protected island at the Gladys Porter ...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The zoological garden, which opened in 1971, is named after Gladys Porter, the daughter of Earl C. Sams, former president of the J.C.... More

A white tiger relaxes at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas

A white tiger relaxes at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The zoological garden, which opened in 1971, is named after Gladys Porter, the daughter of Earl C. Sams, former president of the J.C.... More

Chimpanzee at the North Carolina Zoological Park in Asheboro, North Carolina

Chimpanzee at the North Carolina Zoological Park in Asheboro, North Ca...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This state-owned zoo is the largest walk-through zoo in the world with over 2,000 acres featuring more than 1,600 animals from more th... More

The carousel at the Phoenix Zoo in Phoenix, Arizona, is not your typical merry-go-round, with a circle of carved horses. It boasts a veritable, and colorful, menagerie of animals to ride

The carousel at the Phoenix Zoo in Phoenix, Arizona, is not your typic...

Opened in 1962, the Phoenix Zoo is the largest privately owned, nonprofit zoo in the United States. The zoo was founded by Robert Maytag, a member of the family that owned a famous appliance company. It display... More

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