Identity area
Reference code
UTSC 008-5
Title
Zoo Photographs
Date(s)
- 1940-1941, 1945, 1959, 1960 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
5 photographs : b&w.
Context area
Name of creator
(b. 1973)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Photographs in this series depict zoo officials weighing a gorilla, an elephant pinning its keeper to the ground, a camel at Highland Park Zoo during a zoo sit-down strike, a photograph of Mr. Moke the Chimpanzee with a Mr. Robert Tomarchin, who was charged with stealing the Chimpanzee from the St. Louis Zo,o and a zoo official feeding a 4 month old Chimpanzee.