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D755-8
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- 1937 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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ca. 1937. Three black bears at Point Defiance Park. Zoo keeper George R. Jones reaches into steel bar cage while four young people watch. Cage is outdoors in open area with fenced area on back slope. In April of 1937, the zoo had no grizzly bears after the death of "Juliet," long time zoo resident. Her partner "Romeo" died the winter before. The zoo was expected a delivery of a pair of grizzly cubs in May from Yellowstone.
Bears; Point Defiance Zoo (Tacoma); Point Defiance Park (Tacoma); Zoo keepers--Tacoma--1930-1940; Jones, George R.;