Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Hippos at the old Central Park Zoo

I had the above photo for many years, written on the back was "Toronto Zoo?" Many years later I found the postcard below in a shop in Oregon. Look at the fence posts on the card, and the fence post in the photo above. Changes the location from Toronto to New York does it not? Post cards are not always 100% accurate though. Back in the day, Lincoln Park and Milwaukee, used the same photos of buildings and animals just changed the name of the zoo. It may have had something to do with availability and close location. This is the importance of not censoring, for accurate history you MUST question as Paul McCarthy did for the "Takin" picture, and Clean Raul did for the misprinted Bret Bronson statement. Thank you both. Wade Burck

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