30. Ground plan of proposed Central Park Zoo

30. Ground plan of proposed Central Park Zoo

A photoprint copy of Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins's ground plan for the propose Central Park Zoo. This plan is signed off by the Park Commissioner at the time Henry Hilton, who later ordered the destruction of Hawkins's models in the park.

Hawkins, B. Waterhouse (Benjamin Waterhouse), 1807-1894

Central Park (New York, N.Y.)

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Drawings

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Hilton, Henry, 1824-1899

ANSP-Coll-0803, Box 1, Folder 1

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Cataloging and digitizing made possible by The Getty Grant Program.

Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins Album

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Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University

This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.