Zookeeper Collection

Gladys Callow, The Woman with the Way with Her
The Woman with the Way with Her. Gladys Callow, Fellow of the Zoological Society of London is at home with all sorts of animals at the zoo

The Waterfall of Niagara. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from William Smellies translation of Count Georges Buffons History of the Earth and Animated Nature, Thomas Kelly, London, 1829

Himalayan black bear, Ursus thibetanus laniger
The Thibet bear or Himalayan black bear, Ursus thibetanus laniger, in the Gardens of the Zoological Society. Handcoloured copperplate engraved by W. Symns after an illustration by Horace S

Johnnys Pa soaked by an Elephant at the Zoo
Comic Postcard - Johnnys Pa - Johnnys Pa takes the children to the Zoo (and gets a little more than he was bargaining for...!). Date: 1907

Lion cub has her morning wash and scrub - London Zoo
Mary Pickford the young lion cub (!) has her morning wash and brush-down from her keeper - London Zoological Gardens, Regents Park, London. Date: 1920s

London zookeeper in uniform saying farewell to seal
One of the thirty plus employees, Mr Graves, of the Zoological Gardens in London who enlisted for the new army in the early months of the First World War

Children riding an Indian elephant, New York Zoological Park
Zoo postcard showing three children riding " Gunda" the Indian elephant in the New York Zoological Park. Date: circa 1920

Alaskan brown bear in the New York Zoological Park
Zookeeper feeding an alaskan brown bear in the New York Zoological Park. Date: circa 1920

Princess Elizabeth, Princess Margaret at the zoo
Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II), Princess Margaret together with friends enjoying a ride in a llama cart at a zoo. Date: c.1937

Fish and Chip, by Bairnsfather
" Now, then, you two, theres nothing more till 4.30" (Old Bill is not going to the zoo again). A cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather featuring his popular character Old Bill

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