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[Chimpanzee seated at table with bottle and glass at the National Zoo, Washington, D.C.] – Historic Reproduction

[Chimpanzee seated at table with bottle and glass at the National Zoo, Washington, D.C.], [1926 May 3] — historic photograph
[Chimpanzee seated at table with bottle and glass at the National Zoo, Washington, D.C.], [1926 May 3]. Historic photograph from the Washington DC collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A chimpanzee sits at a table with a bottle and glass, a staged scene that turns the zoo's animals into human-style table companions. The picture was taken at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., on May 3, 1926, and belongs to the National Photo Company Collection, a body of work from a commercial Washington studio that documented the city's news, events, and institutions in the 1920s. Pictures like this, which played on animals acting out human habits, were a common way for zoos and photographers to draw public attention. The Smithsonian-run zoo, founded in 1889, was a popular attraction in the capital.

Created / published[1926 May 3]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1920-1930.
NotesTitle and other information transcribed from caption card and item. LOT subdivision subject: National Zoo. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). No. 32075. 39843; 39846; 32075; 39844.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,483 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-107111

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