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theamandacollection67 · 2 years ago
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julianhuxley · 1 year ago
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Two scientists admit to grabbing a wild baby seal by the hind flippers, causing it to burst into tears. Immediately feeling guilty, they let it go and it wandered back to its mother in the surf.
Source: Zoo Magazine, 1936.
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Here are collected the best lions I've encountered in my research to date.
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newyorkthegoldenage · 20 days ago
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It was too cold for the Bronx Zoo groundhog to come out on February 2, 1958. The sign read "Don't call me, I'll call you. signed, G. Hog."
Photo: Pat Candido for the NY Daily News
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goobersplat · 9 months ago
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17 Vintage Flocked Animals
(Image ID: Seventeen flocked animal figures. From left to right: Monkey, Duck, Giraffe, Mouse, Alligator, Dalmatian, Sheep, Monkey, Hippo, Turtle, Bear, Penguin, Rabbit, Elephant, Deer, Pig, and Kangaroo.)
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kafkasapartment · 4 months ago
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For the Zoo/ Underground, 1933. Maurice A. Miles. Poster, The Baynard Press, London.
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danskjavlarna · 11 days ago
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Here's my collection of the most interesting vintage primates I've encountered through the course of my research.
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vintagepromotions · 6 months ago
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'See the Guinness Animals at Edinburgh Zoo'
Edinburgh Zoo poster featuring the iconic Guinness animals used in advertisements (c. 1950). Artwork by John Gilroy.
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postcard-from-the-past · 2 months ago
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Indian acrobats in the Parisian Human Zoo
French vintage postcard
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simonn0el · 3 months ago
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The Penguin Clowns [collage and paint marker]
Prints | Buy me a coffee
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agelessphotography · 1 year ago
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Central Park Zoo, New York City, Garry Winogrand, 1967
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sixth-extinction · 2 years ago
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Two colorized "Magic Lantern" slides of extinct species at the London Zoo: the quagga (Equus quagga quagga) and the Syrian onager or wild ass (Equus hemionus hemippus). [x]
The slides date from the late 1800s and went on auction after their rediscovery in 2018.
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gooberscollage · 1 year ago
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Images from Vintage ephemera : from the collection of Cavallini & Co by Brian D. Coleman
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cassieslocket · 1 month ago
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newyorkthegoldenage · 4 months ago
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Penguins at the Bronx Zoo leaving the water, 1947.
Photo: John Albert via the Int'l Center of Photography
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goobersplat · 1 year ago
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Sandylion Animal Alphabet
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