Hippopotamus calf being fed at the Bronx Zoo

No date; likely 1953

Stamped on back, "Must Credit: NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY PHOTO. When this print has served its purpose, please enclose between two heavy pieces of cardboard and return to: PHOTOGRAPHIC DEPARTMENT. New York Zoological Park. New York 60, N.Y." Typewritten note attached to the back, "3. Peter the Second is the name of this baby Hippopotamus--a baby only about a year old, but weighing some 300 pounds. Keeper Richard Herdick of the Elephant House in the Br4onx Zoo is bringing out a pan of milk for Little Pete--his mid-morning meal. He gets an equally large meal, of vegetables and grain and milk, five times a day. It's no wonder that in a few years he will weigh #3,500 to 4,000 pounds.

Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.