Color: Black and White; Size: 8 x 10; Type of Image: Animal, candid; Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Group, candid
Animal, candid
Date:
1950's
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
National Zoological Archives photograph featured in Torch, October 1989
Summary:
Children watch hybrid bears through iron bars at the National Zoo during the 1950's. Older enclosures such as these were commonly used to display zoo animals. Although these types of enclosures are not the most visually appealing, they were practical for keeping a clean environment essential for the health of the animals. Today, as zoos modernize, enclosures that exhibit several species in a more naturalistic setting are more popular.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 98-015, Box 2, Folder: October 1989
