Saturday, July 21, 2012

Vintage Zookeeper--Jardin d'Acclimatiation 1910


Today, being the last day of National Zookeeper Week 2012, I would like to remind everybody to hug a zookeeper, and thank them for their dedicated work.

Vintage Zookeeper--Dublin Zoo 1958



Hippopotamus Gilbert with zookeeper Matt Wilson

Vintage Zookeeper--Unknown Zoo 1960


Vintage Zookeeper--Bronx 1954


Helen Delaney Martini, the Bronx Zoo's first female zookeeper raised 27 tiger cubs.  Before Helen arrived, no tiger cubs had ever survived.

Vintage Zookeeper--Bellview Zoo 1937


Head zookeeper Dick Foster 

Vintage Zookeeper--Zoo de Vincennes 1953





Vintage Zookeeper--Philadelphia Zoo 1961


Vintage Zookeeper--Detroit Zoo 1960





Vintage Zookeepers


 London Zoo


London Zoo


1935  National Zoo

 1922  Bronx Zoo




1955  Dr. James A. Oliver, curator of reptiles at the Bronx Zoo

Vintage Zookeeper


1909  Bronx Zoo



 Bronx Zoo


 1959  Bronx Zoo


1970  Como Park Zoo

The zoo keeping profession changed little over many years, then changed drastically over night. 

Vintage Zookeeper--Bristol Zoo 1940


Vintage Zookeeper--Berlin Zoo 1922


Vintage Zookeeper--Brookfield Zoo 1956


Vintage Zookeeper--Lincoln Park 1936


Vintage Zookeeper--Central Park Zoo 1910


Vintage Zookeeper--Buffalo Zoo 1909


Vintage Zookeeper--Bronx Zoo 1907


Vintage Zookeeper--Bronx Zoo 1903