[Perching Bird House Exterior] [graphic] / [Brookfield Zoo archives]. [ca. 1939]

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[Perching Bird House Exterior] [graphic] / [Brookfield Zoo archives]. [ca. 1939]

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Image shows the exterior of the Perching Bird House. The frieze was designed by Works Progress Administration artists.

1 photograph : black-and-white.

Chicago Zoological Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7656516

Chicago Zoological Society

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