The back of this card reads, "This baby Giraffe was born at the Columbus Zoo. the mother and father are natives of Kenya Province, British East Africa. They live in a $50,000 home at the zoo." $50,000 won't even by a temple entrance today. LOL
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Vintage Colombus Zoo Postcard
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Wade G. Burck
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The $50,000 giraffe house also housed the zoo office on the second floor. The old Columbus Zoo had some pretty low budget facilities but they had some nice animals. It was about to be closed for good. Though sometimes we might question some of his routine, Jack Hanna made Columbus a fine Zoo.
Jim,
Agreed about Jack. As stated in the past, he took Columbus to the top, over shadowing Cincinnati and their White Tigers, in the public eye.
Wade
I remember the last day the giraffes lived in that pen. I had an office in the upstairs area for a number of years. It was a sad day for me when that building came down.
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