“Pygmy hippo and her new baby before a battery of press cameras,” New York zoo. Photo by A.G. Baumann, 1919.
This preserved scene shows Photographers with four cameras capture hippos and a zoo keeper. The catalog record identifies and dates the moment as: "Pygmy hippo and her new baby before a battery of press cameras," New York zoo. Photo by A.G. Baumann, 1919.
This preserved scene shows Photographers with four cameras capture hippos and a zoo keeper. The catalog record identifies and dates the moment as: "Pygmy hippo and her new baby before a battery of press cameras," New York zoo. Photo by A.G. Baumann, 1919.
Historical photographs preserve details that written records can miss: clothing, tools, architecture, body language, and the ordinary environments around important changes.
Image: Library of Congress | View original catalog record
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