PC-000-386

The Scripps Aviary as tropical rain forest, with people on the ramp

 

 

 

 

This is an interior shot of the Scripps Aviary showing foliage and paths, with people walking on the paths. Since there were no walkways inside the aviary until 1958, this photograph has to have been taken after this change. In 1991 the cage was remodeled again, and in 2013 is described as a "lush African rain forest" by the San Diego Zoo Web site. The funds to build the initial flight cage were given by Ellen Browning Scripps. Printing onthe address side of the postcard identifies it as one of a "Color Series from the San Diego Zoo," the "Tropical Rain Forest. The aviary is described as the "largest walk through bird cage in the United States," "170 feet long, 90 feet high," with "an average width of 80 feet," exhibiting "350 tropical birds of 100 different species." The San Diego Zoo is located in Balboa Park.

Scripps Aviary; Flight cages; San Diego Zoo; Balboa Park; Zoos; Zoological gardens; Aviaries; Tropical forest exhibits

2920 Zoo Drive

California - San Diego - Balboa Park

 

 

MS-0008

 

 

Postcard

3.5 inches x 5.5 inches

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Image

TIFF

20.13 MB