Highland Park Zoo | Historic Pittsburgh

1948/1955

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Title
Highland Park Zoo
Creator
George D. Hetrick
Identifier
MSP285.B018.F23.I01
Source Identifier
MSP285.B018.F23.I01
Description
In 1895 the Pittsburgh philanthropist, Christopher Lyman Magee, donated $125,000 for the construction of a zoological garden in Highland Park. The first zoo was comprised of one large building at the top of a long, rolling hill covered with formal flowerbeds. This impressive Victorian-style building was 700 feet in length. Now, landscaped, winding walkways, and naturalistic exhibits have replaced the barred cages of that first zoo. The Aqua Zoo, shown in the picture, was built in 1967. Here fish and various forms of underwater life could be seen in a more natural environment. At that time it was known as the Aquarium and was the second largest aquarium in the United States. Its initial residents were collected during a three-week trip to the upper Amazon River by nine Pittsburgh residents led by Edward J Magee who was then president of the Pittsburgh Zoological Society.
Genre
photographs
Subject
Highland Park Zoo (Pittsburgh, Pa.).Aqua Zoo.
Zoos--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Parks--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Highland Park (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Source
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
Contributor
Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
Collection
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
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