Object Details
- Author
- Unknown
- Subject
- Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
- United States National Museum Dept. of Living Animals
- South Yard
- National Zoological Park (U.S.)
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- For another view, see Neg. # 9730.
- Summary
- Two buffalo are in a paddock in the South Yard behind the Smithsonian Institution Building. They were acquired in 1886 by the United States National Museum's Department of Living Animals, which eventually became the National Zoological Park. This photograph, taken sometime between 1886 and 1889, predates the founding of the NZP which was established by Act of Congress in 1889.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 30A, Folder: 19
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- c. 1886-1889
- Standard number
- 8008A or MAH-8008A
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Photographic print
- Animal, candid
- Physical description
- Color: Black and White; Size: 4w x 3h; Type of Image: Animal, candid; Medium: Photographic print
- Place
- United States of America, District of Columbia, Washington, Southwest, South Yard
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- American bison
- Animals
- Buffalo
- Grounds
- Record ID
- siris_sic_9175
