Blank Postcard of Rare White Tiger's Cubs

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Object Details

Author

Curt Teich & Co

Subject

Samson

National Zoological Park (U.S.)

Notes

Published by Leech & Leech, Inc.

Summary

Color postcard of three cubs of a white tiger at the National Zoological Park. The front of the postcard has a white border. The postcard is unused, but the message side has a printed note about the white tiger: "The first white tiger bred outside of India, is shown with his normal-color litter-mates. The tiger triplets are the first born to Samson and Mohini Rewa, the National Zoo's rare white tiger."

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Collection 01-157, Box 1, Folder: Baby Animals and Certificate of Appreciation

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1964

Standard number

SIA2013-07828 (front) and SIA2013-07829 (back)

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Postcard

Paper

Physical description

Number of Images: 2; Color: Color; Size: 5.5w x 3.5h; Type of Image: Postcard; Medium: Paper

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Postcard

Animals

Zoos

Panthera

Tiger Cub

Tigers

Mohini Rewa (Tiger)

Cats

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_13906