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.
"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
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.
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Catherine Yang has been with The Epoch Times in New York since 2008. She also launched and previously served as chief editor of American Essence magazine and Epoch Health.
