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Aardvark at the Zoo

1977

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Aardvark at the Zoo
  • Title
  • Aardvark at the Zoo
  • Creator
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.). City Photographer
    Rizzo, Mike, active 1970-1980
  • Date
  • 1977
  • Identifier
  • 715.77ARD01.CP
  • Description
  • A view of an aardvark from the Highland Park Zoo. More than 100 years ago, philanthropist Christopher Lyman Magee donated $125,000 for the construction of zoological gardens in Pittsburgh's Highland Park area. On June 14, 1898, the Pittsburgh Zoo opened to the public for the very first time, providing people with a rare glimpse of animals and plants they had never seen before. Fitting zoo paradigms of the time, it was more of an animal menagerie. Through the years, however, the zoo has transformed into a naturalistic habitat and resource for conservation, education and research.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Highland Park Zoo (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Zoos
    Aardvark
  • Geographic Subjects
  • 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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