Cincinnati Zoo 3

 


BIRDS

Birds-1.jpg (108575 bytes)    Birds-1a.jpg (154057 bytes)            Birds-2a.jpg (94524 bytes) Same image Birds-2b.jpg (112464 bytes)

   There were originally 7 of these Japanese-style aviaries, constructed in 1875. In 1974 6 of them were demolished with the 7th being preserved as a memorial to Martha, the last known passenger pigeon.

 

Eagle vert.jpg (113862 bytes)        Birds-3.jpg (128906 bytes)          Aquila-(Eagles).jpg (185749 bytes)          Eagle horz.jpg (75607 bytes)
                       Eagle cage                                           Aquila (eagle)                        Trained Eagle and owner

 

Zoo-Bald Eagle-exlg.jpg (621828 bytes)
5" x 7" Card

   Betsy Ross and Brookfield Baldy, the pair of Bald Eagles at the zoo, produced an eaglet which was later released in the wild. The release was part of a program aimed at increasing the population of the endangered species.

 

Birds-4.jpg (112535 bytes)            Macaw.jpg (78700 bytes)
Walk thru bird cage                          Macaws   

 

Birds-6.jpg (125415 bytes)                Birds-5.jpg (122705 bytes)                Birds-7.jpg (96589 bytes)
Ostrich

 

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White Peacock                          RP of  Storks on nest                         You name them

 

ELEPHANTS

    Many of these early cards show a female Asian elephant named "Hatnee" who was a favorite of zoo visitors for decades. She frequently gave rides to children while being led by her trainer, Ed Coyne. Ed started at the zoo when he was 10 years old in 1877 and was still working there 65 years later when he died in 1942. He is seen standing on the leg of the elephant in the 1st non-postcard image below, and standing in front of the Asian elephant in the other.

Zoo Keeper Ed Coyne.jpg (677068 bytes)            Asian Elephant & trainer Ed Coyne.jpg (212343 bytes)
Zoo Keeper Ed Coyne  around 1915

 

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Hatnee being led by Ed Coyne                                                                                                            

 

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Zoo Elephant 8.jpg (121793 bytes)          Zoo Elephant 9.jpg (123890 bytes)          Elephant-new-1.jpg (148922 bytes)          Elephant-new-2.jpg (97417 bytes)

 

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