Baby elephant gets a meal | Digital Collections

Description

Candy, the baby elephant at the Bronx Zoo, from her right side, is being fed straw by a white male keeper, from his left side, kneeling down to hold some straw. A fence with onlookers behind it and trees are in the background.

Note

No date; likely 1953Typewritten note attached to back"6. The heaviest baby in the Bronx Zoo is little Candy, a baby Elephant, now living in the Elephant House. Candy weighs about 1000 pounds, and is about 2 1/2 years old. Eventually, when she gets to be a little larger, she will carry children on her back around the Bronx Zoo's Animal Riding Track." Stamped on the back, "New York Zoological Society Photo The Zoological Park."

Date Issued

1953

Type

Image

Extent

1 photograph : black and white print ; 21 x 26 cm

Genre

Gelatin silver prints

Member of

Ted Malone Collection

Publisher

New York Zoological Society

Time Period

1951-1960

Subject (Name)

New York Zoological Park

Subject (Topical)

Subject (Geographic)

Rights

Copyright Not Evaluated

Rights Note

Items in this collection may be freely viewed, searched, and displayed for research and educational purposes. Permission is required for publication, distribution, or other uses beyond viewing and searching, whether in print or electronic formats.

To request permission, please email LaBudde Special Collections.

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Collection Identifier: MS-0187

Source

Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Unit

LaBudde Special Collections