Kodiak bear and keeper, Bronx Zoo, December 18, 1905. The WCS historical photo collection is a priceless resource for exploring how animal care has changed over time. Photo © WCS.
Attention vintage photo buffs! A $16,674 grant from the New York State Program for the Conservation and Preservation of Library Research Materials will clean and archive 12,000 glass slide and film photo negatives from the Bronx Zoo and New York Aquarium dating from 1899, when the zoo was founded to 1930. The Wildlife Conservation Society, which operates both locations, notes in a press release that the 12,000 negatives are just a portion of the 70,00o+ images in the collection. There is also a hope to eventually digitize the collection.
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