Blank Postcard of a Tiger at the Zoo

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Object Details

Author

Capitol Souvenir Company

Subject

National Zoological Park (U.S.)

Notes

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 National Zoological Park Washington, D.C." Today there are only 15 postcards in the pack. For other postcards from this pack, see Negatives SIA2013-01238 through SIA2013-01241; SIA2013-06599 through SIA2013-06606; SIA2013-06609 through SIA2013-06624.

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

Date

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

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Postcard

Zoos

Animals

Tigers

Cats

Predatory animals

Panthera

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_13809