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Title	Columbus Zoo Guidebook
Subject	Arts and Entertainment Education Plants and Animals Zoos
Place	Powell (Ohio) Delaware County (Ohio) Columbus (Ohio) Franklin County (Ohio)
Description	The Columbus Zoo published Zoo Books that served as a guides for visitors. This 37-page guide book from 1953 measures 8.5" x 5.5" (21.59 x 13.97 cm). Pages 32 and 33 feature a map of the zoo. In November 1926, Columbus City Council President Scott Wehr adopted a resolution requesting the state of Ohio to develop a 21-acre game refuge on lands east of the Scioto River in southern Delaware County, which would be called Riverside Park. The motion was approved and the first animals, reindeer provided by the Columbus Dispatch, went on display at the park on October 4, 1927. The Dispatch continued to donate animal to Riverside Park, including lions, tigers, and monkeys. In 1937, the city of Columbus formally named Riverside Park the Columbus Zoo. A membership drive was held the same year, resulting in a membership increase to 12,000 by 1940. The zoo continued to develop over the next few decades, adding new animals including gorillas. In 1956, Colo became the first gorilla to be born in captivity. By 1972, the Columbus Zoo housed 3,215 specimens, which rivaled the population of any major metropolitan zoo. In 1978, Jack Hanna was named executive director of the zoo and worked to place animals in more natural habitats, instead of the cage-like structures frequently seen at other zoos. By 2003 the Columbus Zoo was home to 700 species of animals and 11,000 individual specimens. The zoo is recognized for its success in captive breeding, especially of lowland gorillas.
Creator	Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
Date of Original	1953
Collection	Columbus Zoo & Aquarium Collection
Source	Published material
Submitting Institution	Columbus Zoo Library
Type	Text

Title	Om2097_3082728_016
Rights	For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html; Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	Om2097_3082728_016.tif
Image Height	5582
Image Width	3695
File Size	8033.607 KB
Full Text	COLUMBUS ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY, Inc. Souvenir Booklet 50c COLUMBUS, OHIO

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