Friday, June 01, 2012

From Mark Rosenthal

vintage-zoo-book-120530 by bucklesw1
vintage-zoo-book-120530, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.
An 1895 guidebook from the Belle Vue Zoological Gardens in England.
CREDIT: Smithsonian Institution Libraries


Multi-person elephant rides, orangutans eating from fine china, and carnivores on display before becoming extinct are just some of the scenes from an online exhibit of vintage zoo pamphlets being featured by the Smithsonian Institution.

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