Bear Pit, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Michigan
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Multiple zoos have operated on Belle Isle Park in Detroit, MI. The first Belle Isle Zoo ran from 1886 until 1956 and was known for exhibits such as the fallow deer enclosure and the bear pit. Built in 1901, the bear pit housed several species during five decades of operation: grizzly bears, black bears, and polar bears, pictured here.
Multiple zoos have operated on Belle Isle Park in Detroit, MI. The first Belle Isle Zoo ran from 1886 until 1956 and was known for exhibits such as the fallow deer enclosure and the bear pit. Built in 1901, the bear pit housed several species during five decades of operation: grizzly bears, black bears, and polar bears, pictured here.
Artifact
Postcard
Subject Date
circa 1909
Creators
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
37.102.239
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard
Technique
Phostint
Photolithography
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 3.5 in
Width: 5.5 in
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