Bronx Park History Preserved on Digital Postcards

Baby giant pandas, rare okapis, and scarlet ibises are some of the animals that are featured on 450 historical postcards—dating from 1903 to the 1980s—that are now available online.
Bronx Park History Preserved on Digital Postcards
"Andy" the orangutan in the Bronx Zoo from a 1959 postcard. The back of the postcard reads: "Andy" a magnificent specimen of adult male Orang-utan, came to the Bronx Zoo when he was a baby. He likes to stare at Zoo visitors and wave at them. Images courtesy of Wildlife Conservation Society
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<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/botanicalgarden.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-287500" title="The Lorillard Mansion in the New York Botanical Garden depicted in a black and white photograph printed on a 9x14 cm postcard. (Images courtesy of Wildlife Conservation Society)" src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/07/botanicalgarden-676x419.jpg" alt="The Lorillard Mansion in the New York Botanical Garden depicted in a black and white photograph printed on a 9x14 cm postcard. (Images courtesy of Wildlife Conservation Society)" width="590" height="366"/></a>
The Lorillard Mansion in the New York Botanical Garden depicted in a black and white photograph printed on a 9x14 cm postcard. (Images courtesy of Wildlife Conservation Society)

NEW YORK—Baby giant pandas, rare okapis, and scarlet ibises are some of the animals that are featured on 450 historical postcards—dating from 1903 to the 1980s—that are now available online. 

The New York Botanical Garden and Wildlife Conservation Society published the digital Bronx Park Postcard Collection to preserve the history of Bronx Park. 

Catherine Yang
Catherine Yang
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Catherine Yang is a reporter for The Epoch Times based in New York.
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