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Hippopotamus in Breckenridge Park
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- Graphic material
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1934 (Creation)
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1 postcard : col. ; 14.1 x 9 cm
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Postcard labelled "Hippopotamus in Breckenridge Park, San Antonio, Texas," sent from [Aunt?] to Mr. Bob Neilan [sic]. The front of the card has a tinted photograph of a hippo in a zoo exhibit, with crowds of people watching from across a pool. On the back of the card is a handwritten message from the sender in San Antonio to Robert Jardine-Neiland at 34 1/2 Mile. There is a printed blurb about Breckenridge Park in the top left. A green one-cent American stamp is in the top right corner. The card was postmarked at 9:30 PM, March 9 1934, in San Antonio, Texas.
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Physical condition
Good (October 2018)
Faint fingerprint marks on back.
Bottom left-hand corner is bent.
Immediate source of acquisition
Donated by Louise Smith, August 17, 2001.
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Arranged according to original order.
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All inquiries regarding use, reproduction, and publication should be addressed to museum staff.
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- Jardine, Robert "Bob" Laidlaw (Subject)
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RAD, July 2008 version. Canadian Council of Archives.
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Catalogued October 2018.
Revised December 2020.