Zoo ground breaking

Entrance gate to the Bronx Zoo, New York City.

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Groundbreaking for a 12 acre conservation exhibit. Speakers include Henry Fairfield Osborn, Jr. president of the New York Zoological Society.

Bronx Zoological Park.
Acre Conservatory exhibit; ground
breaking ceremonies.
2 albums, 2s. 16in. 7-25-49.
Speakers: Thomas E. Dewey and Robert Moses

[Poor quality original.]


Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection


WNYC archives id: 68921
Municipal archives id: LT202