Object Details
- Author
- Capitol Souvenir Company
- Subject
- National Zoological Park (U.S.)
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- The postcard is numbered 78703. Produced by Capitol Souvenir Co., Inc., Washington, D.C.
- This postcard is part of a pack of "18 Selected Post Cards 25
- Summary
- Blank postcard of a tiger at the National Zoological Park. The tiger is mid-stride, walking in its enclosure. The message side is blank, but it has a printed note: "Tiger--Distinguished by wavy black stripes on body. A member of the Cat Family and rivalled only by the Lion in size, strength and ferocity. Habitat, Asiatic Continent." The front has a white border.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 365, Box 16, Folder: 6
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- 1948
- Standard number
- SIA2013-06607 (front) and SIA2013-06608 (back)
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Postcard
- Linen
- Physical description
- Number of Images: 2; Color: Color; Size: 5.5w x 3.5h; Type of Image: Postcard; Medium: Linen
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Postcard
- Zoos
- Animals
- Tigers
- Cats
- Predatory animals
- Panthera
- Record ID
- siris_sic_13809
