About This Item

  • Call NumberPARK_0375
  • Title[Hippopotamus at Prospect Park Zoo]
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (PARK 0377, PARK 0376, PARK 0374), some of which may also be described in this new record; Four views, in different sizes, of hippopotamus sleeping, being fed, and being sprayed with water at Prospect Park Wildlife Center. Three of the images include zoo keeper, Ronald Ellis.
  • Date1951-1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description4 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectHippopotamus -- New York (State) -- New York ; Zoos -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Prospect Park (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Parks: Prospect Park Wildlife Center: Hippos