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  • John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection

Two baby elephants at the San Diego Zoo

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Two baby elephants at the San Diego Zoo
PC-000-439
A baby elephant holds onto a larger baby with its trunk at the San Diego Zoo
1960
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Curt Teich [?]
This "Animal Color Series" picture postcard "from the San Diego Zoo" identifies the animals in what is apparently a photograph in the picture portion of the postcard as "Baby Indian Elephants." In this photograph, a baby elephant is reaching out with its trunk to a larger baby on the left while standing with its left side to the camera. The other elephant is facing 3/4 forward. Both are standing on level ground in front of a bamboo fence, with a palm tree on the left and the opening of what is probably an animal house on the right. Indian elephants are a subspecies of the Asian elephant, which is classified in 2013 as "vulnerable" by the IUCN Red List (International Union for Conservation of Nature). What appears to be a Curt Teich number is in the stampbox on the back of the card, 0DK-2114, indicating the year 1960.
San Diego Zoo; Zoos; Zoological Gardens; Balboa Park; San Diego; Indian elephants; Elephants; Endangered species; Baby animals; Curt Teich
2920 Zoo Drive
California - San Diego - Balboa Park
  • John and Jane Adams Postcard Collection
MS-0008
San Diego Zoo, San Diego, California, US
Postcard
3.5 inches x 5.5 inches
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  • San Diego State University Library and Information Access, Special Collections and University Archives
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TIFF
19.95 MB
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