Indianapolis Zoo at Washington Park, Indianapolis, Indiana, circa 1970
| Description: |
Postcard depicting the entrance to the Indianapolis Zoo at Washington Park. Text on the pack states the zoo opened in April 1964 at a cost of one million dollars. Some of the features included a 20-foot white plastic whale which housed an aquarium, farm and domestic animals, other animals, large and small, from far wawy, and a Japanese Garden with a pagoda. The zoo closed in 1987 after the completion of the new Indianapolis Zoo at White River State Park. |
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| Origin: | 1970, circa |
| Created By: |
Hall, Jr., Lewis G. |
| Source: |
http://indianaalbum.pastperfectonline.com/photo/B167E703-BED1-43C6-98A2-153391765031 |
| Collection: |
Indiana Album |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/ |
| Geography: |
3130 East 30th Street, Marion County, Indiana, United States |
| Subjects: |
Evan Finch Collection Zoos Indianapolis (Ind.) Marion County (Ind.) |
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