Pittsburgh Zoo -- Grizzly Bear Den

June 26, 1940

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Title
Pittsburgh Zoo -- Grizzly Bear Den
Creator
Pittsburgh (Pa.). City Photographer
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
June 26, 1940
Identifier
715.4056820.CP
Description
In the 1930s, City Councilman John M. Phillips wanted to do something about the deteriorating condition of the Pittsburgh Zoo. One of the main exhibits in need of repair was the bear cages. After a visit to the Bronx Zoo, he returned to Pittsburgh with a $300,000 plan for new, barless bear dens which were to be among the first renovations in a ten-year plan for the zoo. The new dens were able to be made barless by employing a moat to keep the bears from getting to the visitors. This design was made popular by Germany at the turn of the century. When the dens opened on September 11, 1937, there were four dens; the dens were for polar, grizzly and cinnamon bears, as well as black and brown bears.
Type
still image
Genre
photographs
Subject
Zoos
Zoo exhibits
Zoo animals
Grizzly bears
Geographic Subjects
Highland Park (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Source
Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection, 1901-2000
Collection
Pittsburgh City Photographer Collection
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
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