Pittsburgh Zoo -- Monkey Island | Historic Pittsburgh

June 27, 1941

Title
Pittsburgh Zoo -- Monkey Island
Creator
Pittsburgh (Pa.). City Photographer
Date
June 27, 1941
Identifier
715.4162003.CP
Description
Construction of Monkey Island at the Pittsburgh Zoo was completed in early 1941. It was built utilizing a method made popular in Germany at the turn of the twentieth century in which bars were replaced with moats to keep the animals separated from visitors. The island contained dozens of rhesus monkeys which are native to Afghanistan, India, Thailand and Southern China. Monkey Island has since been removed from the Pittsburgh Zoo.
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
Subject
Zoos
Zoo exhibits
Zoo animals
Monkeys
Zoos--Design and construction
Geographic Subjects
Monkey Island (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Highland Park (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Source
Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901-2000
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
Collection
Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection
Rights Information
No Copyright - United States. The organization that has made the Item available believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Item may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information.
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