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Marian Ball With Atlas Lion Cub at NZP

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Object Details

Author

Unknown

Subject

National Zoological Park (U.S.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Featured in Torch, January 1978, where her named is listed as both Marian and Marion. The Torch list of volunteers lists only a Nell Ball.

Summary

National Zoological Park (NZP) volunteer Marian Ball takes notes on the behavior of Atlas lion cub Amaziga.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 2

Contact information

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

Date

1977

Standard number

77-14736-22 or 77-14736.22

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Photographic print
Person, candid

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 8 x 10; Type of Image: Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Ball, Marian
Women
Lions
Amaziga
Volunteers

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_8369

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