Friday, July 15, 2011
Vintage Central Park Zoo
Above is a 1937 color print of a woman, in a leopard skin fur coat and matching hat, standing in front of the leopard cage in the Central Park Zoo, New York City back in the "good old day's" before the world went politically correct simple.
Mrs. Janet McDonald
This is a 1916 halftone print of Mrs. Janet McDonald, one of the world's few women sealers. She supplied the animals to aquaria and zoological gardens. She would give fresh fish to her captured seals. Little by little, she would get the seals to eat dead fish, so it would be easier for the zoos to take care of them.
Does anyone know any more about Mrs. McDonald?
Viintage Grant Park Zoo--1917
Looking at Maud's feet I would suggest that an ulcerated tooth was the least of her problems!!!
Vintage London Zoo
Note the muzzle and chain lead over the neck of this camel. He must have been a tough character.
Zoological Advancement--Vintage Central Park Zoo
Today as zoo's are breeding even the difficult elephant, and regularly getting whacked by the various ar groups, it is appropriate to recall the day when the birth and survival of a camel was newsworthy and a big deal.
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