Guide to the nature treasures of New York city; American museum of natural history, New York aquarium, New York zoölogicl park and Botanical garden, Brooklyn museum, Botanic garden and Children's (14757869306)

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Title: Guide to the nature treasures of New York city; American museum of natural history, New York aquarium, New York zoölogicl park and Botanical garden, Brooklyn museum, Botanic garden and Children's museum
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Pindar, George N Pearson, Mabel H Fischer, George Clyde, 1878-
Subjects: American Museum of Natural History New York Aquarium New York Botanical Garden Brooklyn Museum Brooklyn Botanic Garden Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. Children's Museum
Publisher: (New York) Pub. for the American museum of natural history by C. Scribner's sons
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
Digitizing Sponsor: Metropolitan New York Library Council - METRO



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146 THE NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK The New York Zoological Park was conceived andplanned by the New York Zoological Society, a scientificbody incorporated in 1895, under a special charter grantedby the Legislature of the State of New York, and has as itsavowed objects the making of a public zoological park, theprotection of American native animals and the promotionof zoology. Control of the Park grounds was granted to this Societyby the City of New York in 1898 and work on the perma-nent buildings was at once begun. The comparative new-ness of the Park has enabled its founders to profit by theworlds experience in the planning of quarters for captiveanimals, and many original features have been devisedeither to meet special conditions or to improve upon ex-isting methods. The Park occupies 264 acres of land andwater, whose varied contour comprises rocky ridges, shel-tered valleys, lakes, deep forest and open glades, making itpossible to provide for the animals a suitable habitat andaffor