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Riau the Sumatran Tiger

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Object Details

Author

Cohen, Jessie

Subject

Torch, The (Staff Magazine)
National Zoological Park (U.S.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Featured in Torch, October 1989

Summary

Riau, the male Sumatran tiger acquired by the National Zoo, in 1986.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 98-015, Box 2, Folder October: 1989

Contact information

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

Date

1989

Standard number

SIA2011-1028

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Photographic print
Animal, candid

Physical description

Number of Images: 1 Color: Black and White ; Size: 8w x 10h ; Type of Image: Animal, Candid ; Medium: Photographic print

Place

Sumatra (Indonesia)

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Tigers

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_12907

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