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Source Collection
Grover Edward McCarver memorial collection, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0466.006_MemphisZoo.002.jpg
Description
The Overton Park Zoo opened in 1906 with just 23 cages and concrete bear pits. Now the Memphis Zoo is home to more than 3,500 animals and over 500 different species.
Date Created
6-17-2021
Date
circa 1909
Recommended Citation
"Overton Park Zoo, Memphis, TN, c. 1909" (2021). Postcards. 69.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-mccarver1/69
Keywords
Postcards--Tennessee--Memphis, Postcards--20th century, Memphis (Tenn.)--photographs
