Thylacine, London Zoo, ca. 1920 [transparency]
- Bib ID:
- 5548127
- Format:
- Picture
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. PIC Glass Plate #PIC/14677 copy
- Description:
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- ca. 1920
- 1 slide : glass, lantern, b&w ; 8.3 x 8.3 cm.
- Summary:
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The last known captive thylacine died in the Hobart Zoo in 1936. It is possible that the thylacine that appears in this lantern slide is a female, the last surviving thylacine outside of Australia, that died on 9 August 1931 at the London Zoo, where she had been on display since 26 January 1926.
- Notes:
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- Title from acquisitions documentation, see file NLA10/1660.
- Inscriptions: "BGG Tasmanian Wolf. 38."--Printed below image.
- PIC Glass Plate #PIC/14677 copy Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-138078778
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased from Douglas Stewart Fine Books, 2011.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Created/Published Date is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Photograph
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1920
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