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Title: Kansas City Zoological Society
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: Kansas City Zoo
Description: Photos, illustrations, maps, and information on the Kansas City Zoological Gardens, or Kansas City Zoo at Swope Park, with description of its various exotic animals and other attractions.
Object Type: Vertical File

Title: And Only Man Is Vile
Description: Photos and article about the effusive spending of city funds on the Kansas City Zoo, comparing the luxurious living conditions of a tiger there to many thousands of Kansas Citians with very poor housing and utilities, etc.
Date: 1935-06-14
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Swope Park Zoo
Description: View of alligators, part of the Swope Park Zoo.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Swope Park Zoo
Description: View of ostriches at the Swope Park Zoo.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Swope Park Zoo
Description: View of buffalo at Swope Park Zoo.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Swope Park Zoo
Description: View of a water buffalo at the Swope Park Zoo.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Swope Park Zoo
Description: View of elk at the Swope Park Zoo.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Swope Park Zoo
Description: Exterior view of two elephants being washed down by zoo keeper.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Swope Park Zoo
Description: View of two caged elephants at the Swope Park Zoo.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Swope Park Zoo
Description: View of elands at the Swope Park Zoo.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Swope Park Zoo
Description: View of deer at the Swope Park Zoo.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Swope Park Zoo
Description: Exterior view of a brown bear at Swope Park Zoo.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Swope Park Zoo
Description: Interior view of a hippopotamus named Cleopatra inside building at Swope Park Zoo.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Swope Park Zoo
Description: Exterior view of the bear pits located at the Swope Park Zoo.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Swope Park Zoo
Description: Exterior view of polar bear being hosed down at the Swope Park Zoo.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Swope Park Zoo
Description: View of American bald eagle at the Swope Park Zoo.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: A New Zoo?
Description: Article about management changes at the Kansas City Zoo. Faced with declining attendence and the threat of losing professional accreditation, the Zoo's management transferred from the Kansas City Parks and Recreation Department to the Friends of the Zoo on January 1, 2002.
Date: 2002-06
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Kansas City's Neglected Zoo
Description: Article about the deplorable condition of the city zoo due to a construction strike and lack of funds.
Date: 1970-07
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: An Unusual Service in Kansas City, Mo., Provides. ..Birthday Parties at the Zoo
Description: Photos and article (written by a former zoo employee) about the "revolutionary Birthday House at the Swope Park Zoological Gardens in Kansas City, Mo.," proving "immensely popular" as "the newest addition to the Children's Zoo" and donated by Hallmark Cards, Incorporated.
Date: 1963-03
Object Type: Magazine Article