School Children Viewing the First Bison at the National Zoo

Object Details

Date
1899
Author
Johnston, Frances Benjamin 1864-1952
Subject
National Zoological Park (U.S.)
National Zoological Park (U.S.) Early History
Category
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes
Featured in Torch, October 1989
Summary
A group of school children in 1899 viewing the first bison at the National Zoological Park.
Contained within
Smithsonian Institution Archives Accession 98-015 Box 2 Folder October 1989
Contact information
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Topic
Animals
Children
Museum visitors
American bison
Mammals
Zoos
Zoo visitors
Buffalo
Data Source
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
Standard number
2003-19498
Type
Photographic print
Group, candid
Restrictions & Rights
No restrictions
Physical description
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Record ID
siris_sic_10127