We all have thoughts on what is valuable. I remember the bookseller trying to hustle me out of his shop with my handful of pictures before I came to my senses, and asked for the passes back. At the same time, I'm trying to push past him, before calls the deal off, feeling like a Pilgrim who just bought Manhattan for a handful of rhinestones. The "natural habitat" of a Goodyear and 3 foot of log chain was always one of my favorites.
The rock work gave the location of these photos away, and so did the ring curb in the elephant exhibit. I wonder if they supervised them, as I don't see how they didn't tear and smash the curb?
Friday, May 9, 2008
Additional Greenwich Villiage barter.-- St. Louis Zoo
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Wade G. Burck
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Wade, I am not familiar with the panda at the St. Louis Zoo.
Mary Ann
Mary Ann,
They had 2 I believe in 1939, named Happy and Pao. This link has a pretty extensive listing of Pandas.
http://www.geocities.com/panda_patch
I found about a dozen old panda pictures in an envelope in an antique store in Salt Lake City, which I bought for 2.00. I didn't think anything about it at the time, but I now assume we had the equivalent of a "Mary Ann Howell" nutty for Panda's running all over the United States to take pictures and breath some of their air. LOL
Best regards,
Wade
Wade, in my case it is "breathe some of that tiger smell." Believe it or not, I love that smell, but we don't like the smell of dogs or giraffes. Go figure. I looked at the link you sent, and had no idea that there have been that many pandas in this country over the years. I thought that there were only 1 or 2 up until the Nixon era.
Mary Ann
A good resource is Management of Wild Mammals in Captivity written by Lee Crandall. It gives a good overview of the evolution of enclosures. San Francisco Zoo is to be changed into a sanctuary since three visitors harassed the tigers and one tiger jumped the moat and wall to return the favor.
Adaline
Adaline,
Do you mean a sanctuary that does not breed animals, or permit the public? Again the email you sent did not come through. Please try again.
Regards,
Wade
Mary Ann-You should read Desmond Morris's book Men And Pandas.
Paul, you have been recommending good books to me for over a year and a half now, so I put a hold on "Men and Pandas" at our library. Right now I am just starting GGW's book "Untamed".
Mary Ann
Mary Ann,
With all due respect to Boss, remember that it is an "authorized Autobiography".
Wade
Mary Ann-There is no shortage of good books out there, but I think Desmond Morris talks about pretty much every giant panda which was ever in captivity up to the date of publication, which was before the National Zoo got pandas in 1972.
Paul,
I don't know if you or Mary Ann have noted the link here to The Bartlett Society, or are familiar with the group. It is a zoo history group with units in England and the States. Vernon Kisling runs it here, and used to be an excellent source for Wildlife books.
Wade
I had'nt heard of it.
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